Online betting has major impacts on bank customers' behavior
As young customers gravitate to online betting, bankers should be offering education about building a secure financial future.

Online betting has major impacts on bank customers' behavior
As young customers gravitate to online betting, bankers should be offering education about building a secure financial future.
Virginia's TowneBank makes deal for a 4th NC bank
The hefty premium TowneBank is paying for North Carolina-based BlueHarbor Bank reflects the quality of the franchise it's acquiring, along with its scarcity value.
Jackson Area Federal Credit Union shuttered
Five Star Credit Union assumed Jackson Area Federal Credit Union's share accounts and purchased some of its assets.
Third Coast to buy Oklahoma bank for $240M
The deal comes roughly a year after Houston-based Third Coast announced its $123 million purchase of Austin, Texas-based Keystone Bancshares.
Citizens to resume unsecured personal lending
Citizens is reentering the unsecured personal loan market through a partnership with Pagaya Technologies.
Man Says He Was Mortified When His #AI Agent Posted His Bank Balances and Exactly What He’s Spending His Money on in a Slack Work Channel
"How the f*** could you get this wrong? That's literally my bank balance to our whole team?"
Majority of community banks express concern over #Stablecoins
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors' latest annual survey of community bankers reveals hesitation about the introduction of stablecoin services.
Banks prioritize responsible #AI, governance as use soars
JPMorgan Chase and Capital One ranked highest in AI maturity considering talent, leadership and transparency, according to Evident’s annual AI index.
Beware the #AI sycophant and 'cognitive surrender'
Research presented at a Fed conference shows that AI chatbots can make users more confident in wrong answers and suboptimal decisions.
Top bank conferences to attend in 2027
Connecting with peers and competitors may offer the gut-check that banking leaders need so they can innovate in a way that lets customers and shareholders both prosper.
Post-Chevron landscape gives trust bank challengers the edge
A lawsuit from the ICBA challenges whether the OCC exceeded its authority by allowing national trust banks to conduct activities beyond the traditional scope of trust #Banking.
One of the harder parts of #Personalization into an FI isn’t the technology. It’s getting it into the budget.
I wrote about that challenge, including how to think about the business case.
The Fed should finally admit that deregulatory tailoring failed
A new report on the SVB failure reminds us that the conditions leading to its failure were made possible by decisions made by the central bank's board.
A pair of former bank CEOs, both of them self-described "bank junkies," have taken over a Chicago community bank, $3.7 billion-asset Parkway Bank, with plans to kick-start its growth.
Why Fiserv pivoted on FIUSD
The #Payments processor had planned to issue its own #Stablecoin, FIUSD, by last year, but the strategy shifted for multiple reasons.