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    Outdated payment systems risk falling behind in the digital age

    Banks must modernize payment systems to compete in a digital age dominated by real-time transactions. Legacy tech hinders innovation and customer satisfaction.

    June 24, 2024
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    Citi fined $13.9M by Germany’s BaFin over 2022 flash crash error

    The penalty, announced Thursday, came two days after two British regulators fined the bank £61.6 million ($78.4 million) for the same instance.

    By June 21, 2024
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    Data-driven disruption

    More often than not, an innovator may see disruption as an enhancement to be embraced. And sometimes the innovators are the establishment.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    BNY hires BP exec as its next CIO

    Leigh-Ann Russell joins the bank Sept. 15. That means Bridget Engle will leave BNY later this year “after supporting a successful transition of her responsibilities,” a spokesperson for the bank said.

    By June 20, 2024
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    Santander warns US employees bank account info stolen in third-party database hack

    The bank in May confirmed a major breach involving customer data in multiple countries.

    By David Jones • June 20, 2024
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    Citi leans on services business amid turnaround

    At an investor event Tuesday, bank executives said the services business, which helps about 19,000 clients around the world manage and move money, is at the heart of Citi’s strategy.

    By June 18, 2024
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    Paxos cuts 65 employees, narrows focus to tokenization

    With the layoffs, which encompass 20% of the crypto firm's headcount, Paxos will phase out its settlement services in commodities and securities, a source told Bloomberg.

    By June 17, 2024
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    Gemini to settle with NY AG for $50M

    The $50 million in digital assets will go directly to investors of its defunct Gemini Earn program, who will be made whole, according to the settlement.

    By June 17, 2024
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    Wells Fargo fires employees over faked productivity

    Employees were “discharged after review of allegations involving simulation of keyboard activity creating impression of active work,” according to FINRA disclosures.

    By June 14, 2024
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    Terraform Labs, Do Kwon to settle with SEC for $4.47B

    Meanwhile, Kwon remains in Montenegro as courts wrestle with whether or not to extradite him to his home country of South Korea or to the U.S. to face charges.

    By June 13, 2024
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    Synapse trustee McWilliams finds $85M gap in frozen funds

    Partner banks of the bankrupt fintech middleman hold roughly $180 million in demand deposit and for-benefit-of accounts associated with end users. But those users are owed $265 million, a court filing shows.

    By June 12, 2024
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    Ex-Bank of America lawyer builds female-focused investment app

    A beta version of WealthMeUp, an application designed to help women navigate investment and address the disparity between how men and women look at the space, launched Tuesday.

    By June 12, 2024
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    Robinhood leans further into crypto with $200M Bitstamp deal

    Acquiring the crypto exchange would embed the brokerage deeper in digital assets and help it trade a greater variety of tokens in more markets globally.

    By June 12, 2024
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    JPMorgan names firmwide CTO

    Former PayPal technology chief Sri Shivananda brings with him an “exceptional track record in innovation and technology leadership,” JPMorgan Chase's CIO Lori Beer said in a memo.

    By June 11, 2024
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    Morgan Stanley CEO outlines AI benefits

    Although the proliferation of AI will benefit the lender’s investment banking segment, the technology is likely to be “even more” of a game changer for its wealth business, said CEO Ted Pick.

    By June 11, 2024
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    Citi’s new tech chief takes the helm

    Tim Ryan will lead Citi's ongoing efforts to transform its technology operations, a goal the bank poured $12 billion into last year.

    By Matt Ashare • June 10, 2024
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    Rivals Adyen, Stripe partner with Capital One to combat fraud

    The three companies announced last Wednesday that they are teaming up to launch a free service intended to combat fraud and reduce the amount of transactions that are improperly declined.

    By Patrick Cooley • June 10, 2024
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    Banks, AI partners must share responsibility for safety: OCC’s Hsu

    “With AI, it is easier to disclaim responsibility for bad outcomes than with any other technology in recent memory,” Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said Thursday.

    By June 7, 2024
  • CFPB finalizes open banking standard setter rule

    The bureau will consult public interest groups and app developers on open banking standards, and no single special interest can dominate the standards-making process.

    By June 6, 2024
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    Yotta CEO: 85K customers lose access to funds due to Synapse-Evolve tussle

    The fintech’s customers, who have a combined $112 million in savings, have been locked out of their accounts amid the Synapse-Evolve Bank & Trust dispute, Yotta CEO Adam Moelis told CNBC.

    By June 5, 2024
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    A Dallas stock exchange? Would-be NYSE competitor raises $120M

    TXSE will be fully electronic and plans to submit a registration with the SEC this year. BlackRock and Citadel Securities are among its more than two dozen investors.

    By June 5, 2024
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    U.S. Bank taps AI to create audience models for national campaign

    “The Power of Us” used Supernatural AI’s tech to create avatars of the bank’s core target groups and test the baseline idea and initial creative.

    By Aaron Baar • June 5, 2024
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    Citizens CEO: ‘You have to walk before you can run’ with AI

    Banks need to focus on big use cases to get the most out of AI, Citizens CEO Bruce Van Saun said. “If you have a ‘thousand flowers bloom’ strategy, you’ll start spinning your wheels," he said.

    By June 4, 2024
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    Hackers threaten to sell Santander customer details for $2M: report

    The collective ShinyHunters, which claimed to be behind the Ticketmaster breach reported last week, said it stole information related to 30 million Santander customers in an ad seen by the Financial Times.

    By June 3, 2024
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    Truist CEO on cost cuts: We needed ‘a shock to the system’

    Bill Rogers detailed the "discipline," "intensity" and fresh mindset the bank has adopted eight months after launching an effort to "reorient" itself.

    By May 31, 2024
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    Zelle faces Senate probe on fraud

    “The scale of fraud on the Zelle platform is unacceptably high,” National Consumers League Vice President John Breyault said.

    By James Pothen • May 31, 2024