banking

Banking is an industry that handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. Banks provide a safe place to store extra cash and credit. One key step towards financial independence is having a solid banking account.

Fifth Third Earnings Focus on Liquidity and Payments Innovations
Fifth Third Earnings Focus on Liquidity and Payments Innovations
July 19, 2024  |  Earnings

This quarter’s bank earnings, like the macro environment, have been mixed and unpredictable. And the ongoing theme of controlling for what’s controllable held true for Fifth Third Bancorp...

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Congresswoman Waters Urges Regulators to Reject Capital One-Discover Merger
Congresswoman Waters Urges Regulators to Reject Capital One-Discover Merger
July 19, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) reiterated her opposition to the proposed Capital One–Discover merger. Waters, the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), testified...

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Open Banking Faces Challenges as Banks Urge Delay in New Data Rules
Open Banking Faces Challenges as Banks Urge Delay in New Data Rules
July 19, 2024  |  Bank Regulation

Open banking, as it emerges more fully in the United States, promises to bring personalized services and products to customers, expanding financial access. Data underpins...

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Regions Financial: Business Lending ‘Pipelines Are Beginning to Rebuild’
Regions Financial: Business Lending ‘Pipelines Are Beginning to Rebuild’
July 19, 2024  |  Earnings

Regions Financial saw average loans remain stable during the second quarter, with some signs that demand for business loans may pick up. Average balances for...

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CrowdStrike CEO Updates Solutions to Global Microsoft Outage
CrowdStrike CEO Updates Solutions to Global Microsoft Outage
July 19, 2024  |  Connected Economy

The outage that continued to snarl systems from airports to stock exchanges Friday morning started when it struck users of Microsoft’s Windows operating system late...

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It’s the Network, Not the Rail: Ingo Payments’ Edwards Reflects on FedNow’s First Year
It’s the Network, Not the Rail: Ingo Payments’ Edwards Reflects on FedNow’s First Year
July 19, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

Anniversaries are a time to reflect, evaluate and to anticipate what lies ahead. And so it is with the FedNow® Service, which celebrates a year...

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European Central Bank: Swift Outage Affected Real-Time Gross Settlement System
European Central Bank: Swift Outage Affected Real-Time Gross Settlement System
July 18, 2024  |  Banking

The outage at Swift that affected the Bank of England also impacted the European Central Bank. The outage, which lasted for several hours on Thursday...

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Small Business-Focused FinTech Wamo Raises $5 Million
Small Business-Focused FinTech Wamo Raises $5 Million
July 18, 2024  |  Investments

London-based FinTech wamo has raised $5 million to develop small to medium-sized business (SMB)-focused banking solutions. In addition to the growth investment, CEO and founder Yanki Onen said on...

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AI’s Growing Role in Finance Brings Opportunity and Risk, House Panel Finds
AI’s Growing Role in Finance Brings Opportunity and Risk, House Panel Finds
July 18, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionize finance and housing, bringing both game-changing benefits and thorny new risks that demand vigilant oversight, a bipartisan House...

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