Agencies clarify banks may contact customers tied to SARs
The agencies are moving to give banks more flexibility to focus resources on higher-risk customers and activities as part of the administration's AML overhaul.

Agencies clarify banks may contact customers tied to SARs
The agencies are moving to give banks more flexibility to focus resources on higher-risk customers and activities as part of the administration's AML overhaul.
Benchmarking #AI adoption:
6 actions outlined by U.S. Bank's Chief AI Officer Prashant Mehrotra offer a real-world framework for turning AI experimentation into measurable, scalable and accountable value.
Digital bank SoFi Technologies is partnering with Payward, the parent company behind Kraken, to connect the crypto exchange to SoFi's dollar settlement network and add SoFi's #Stablecoin to Kraken.
Credit unions have an #AI risk gap: American Banker research
Credit unions are expressing less concern about AI model risk, according to American Banker research.
Walmart-linked fintech's banking incursion reaches autos
The Walmart-backed fintech OnePay has added auto finance and payment tools.
As feds retreat, California boosts fair-lending enforcement
The California legislature has passed a bill empowering the state's own regulators to enforce fair-lending laws.
Banks without holding companies need better disclosure rules: GAO
Such banks aren’t subject to SEC review, and regulators aren’t assessing those lenders’ disclosures for investors’ benefit, the watchdog said.
GSE changes, Boxabl pact spur mortgage lending opportunities
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac give lenders more leeway in some areas, including the lower-cost factory-built housing market
MoneyLion alums take OpenReserve ‘out of stealth’
Couched as a home for “continuous” banking, the company received conditional approval for a national banking license from the OCC.
Stripe taps new #Stablecoin executive
The financial tech giant hired a crypto pro to help push payment cards backed by stablecoins.
M&T upgrades as banks seek closer ties to corporate clients
FIS has introduced a new embedded banking platform, with M&T among its first users.
U.S. banks may need to blacklist UAE branches of Banque Misr
Fincen has proposed a rule that would bar U.S. banks from working with Banque Misr's Emirati branches.