- + Bank Underground - UK: The Bank Underground Christmas Quiz 2024—Before Bank Underground goes off on its Christmas holidays, it’s time for the Annual Bank Underground Christmas Quiz! We hope you enjoy testing your k...
- + Banker To Banker: 1:1 AI-Driven Marketing Based on Customer Intent – Part 2—Last week, we covered the first two steps in leveraging marketing data to uncover the customer’s intent using traditional artificial intelligence (AI)...
- + Banker To Banker: Here is The Largest Reason for Community Bank Consolidation—Community banks (under $10B in assets) serve a key role for borrowers, local communities, and the broader US economy. Community banks are better posit...
- + Finovate - Blog Financial and Banking Technology: Finovate Global: 10x Banking’s Lewis Ide on High Growth Markets in APAC and Africa—As 2025 approaches, where will new opportunities arise for financial institutions, financial services providers, and fintechs looking to expand into n...
- + Finovate - Blog Financial and Banking Technology: Streamly Snapshot: Disrupting the Market with Refunds-as-a-Service—One of the latest developments in the payments space, Refunds-as-a-Service, promises to bring innovation to an area of customer experience – ref...
- + Finovate - Blog Financial and Banking Technology: DeepTarget Unveils AI-Powered Email Service AImail—DeepTarget, a digital marketing services provider for financial institutions, has launched its AI-powered email service AImail . The new offerin...
- + Finovate - Blog Financial and Banking Technology: Chainalysis Acquires Web3 Security Company Hexagate—Blockchain data platform Chainalysis has acquired web3 security solutions provider Hexagate. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acqui...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: EIB Group donates €300 000 to NGOs helping communities affected by flooding in Spain—The EIB Institute, the philanthropic and social impact arm of the European Investment Bank Group (EIB Group), has announced a donation of €300 000 to ...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: France: EIB and Rhône department sign first finance contract for lower secondary school construction and refurbishment—The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Rhône department have signed a 25-year, €45 million finance contract to help modernise educ...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: Cyprus receives €100 million EIB loan for extensive road upgrades—The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Cyprus €100 million for a range of road improvements in the country. The EIB credit will cover 50% of th...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: Poland: EIB doubles to more than €420 million financing to ORLEN Group to boost power distribution network—European Investment Bank (EIB) and ORLEN Group, Poland’s largest energy company, signed a second PLN 900 million loan agreement this year to finance...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: Poland: EIB doubles to more than €420 million financing to ORLEN Group to boost power distribution network—European Investment Bank (EIB) and ORLEN Group, Poland’s largest energy company, signed a second PLN 900 million loan agreement this year to finance...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: Italy: EIB signs €100 million green loan with Iberdrola backed by SACE for new photovoltaic plant in Sicily—The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Iberdrola, backed by SACE’s Archimede Guarantee, have signed a new €100 million green loan agreement to build a...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: Sweden: Cleantech company Chromafora to tackle widespread chemical pollution with €22.5 million EU backing—The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €22.5 million non-dilutive financing to Chromafora, a Swedish cleantech company, to step up Europe’s f...
- + European Investment Bank - Press Alert: EIB provides €16.5 million for new public transport in war-torn cities of Ukraine—The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced €16.5 million in EU-backed funding to renew urban public transport in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Ivano-Frankivsk...
- + Bank Automation News: JPMorgan, Bank of America respond to CFPB lawsuit—Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Early Warning Services are standing firm against allegations made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau toda...
- + Bank Automation News: CFPB lawsuit against bank giants is ‘regulatory overreach,’ Zelle says—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced today that it has sued Early Warning Services, Bank of America, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo for allege...
- + Bank Automation News: People First FCU to add FedNow send capabilities in 2025—People First Federal Credit Union has joined the Federal Reserve’s real time payments network, FedNow, as a receiver and aims to expand its capabiliti...
- + Bank Automation News: Bank of America clients tap Erica for subscription monitoring—Bank of America clients are using the bank’s AI-driven digital assistant Erica for data-driven insights to manage subscriptions and recurring costs. ...
- + Bank Automation News: Fintech startup Chime submits confidential filing for IPO—Chime Financial Inc., a financial technology company focused on no-fee banking services, has submitted a confidential filing with the US government fo...
- + Bank Automation News: ROI of AI: Is the juice worth the squeeze?—C-suite executives at financial institutions are implementing AI and generative AI throughout their organizations, but as experimentation turns into a...
- + Bank Automation News: Transactions: Red Hat to host SBS solutions—Red Hat’s cloud platform OpenShift will now host digital solutions for digital banking service provider SBS, according to a Dec. 12 SBS release. Thro...
- + CNBC - Banks: Positive yield curve is going to be a huge tailwind to regional banks, says Valley Bank's Robinson—Ira Robbins, Valley Bank chairman and CEO, joins CNBC's 'Power Lunch' to discuss outlooks on interest rates, whether he's concerned ab...
- + CNBC - Banks: We're making big bank moves — selling half of one stock and starting a position on another—We're looking to put cash to work after Wednesday's Fed-driven selloff pushed the market deeper into oversold territory.
- + CNBC - Banks: The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by another quarter point. Here's what that means for you—The central bank has now shaved a full percentage off its benchmark rate since September. Here's what it means for your borrowing costs.
- + CNBC - Banks: UniCredit raises stake in Commerzbank to 28% as Orcel ups ante on pursuit—Investors are watching whether UniCredit will proceed with a takeover venture of Germany's Commerzbank or Italian peer Banco BPM.
- + CNBC - Banks: UniCredit raises stake in Commerzbank to 28% through derivatives amid takeover pursuit—Investors are watching whether UniCredit will proceed with a takeover venture of Germany's Commerzbank or Italian peer Banco BPM.
- + CNBC - Banks: After taking morning profits, we're afternoon buyers of 2 stocks in an oversold market—This is our second trade alert of the day.
- + CNBC - Banks: Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan on the economy, President-elect Trump and regulatory outlook—Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, what to expect in 2025, his thoughts on the incomin...
- + CNBC - Banks: ECB's top banking supervisor sees sector resilience as interest rates fall—Claudia Buch, chair of the European Central Bank's Supervisory Board, discusses the biggest concerns for the banking sector in 2025, sector resili...
- + American Banker: Feed: Banner year for CU-bank tie-ups extends with deal in Maryland —Hanscom Federal Credit Union in Massachusetts said it would acquire Peoples Bancorp and its insurance agency. It marked the 21st deal of the year invo...
- + American Banker: Feed: OCC highlights growing pressures in 'sound' banking system —The OCC's 2024 annual report said that while the federal banking system remains stable, it faces challenges such as rising credit costs, declining net...
- + American Banker: Feed: BNY expands employee benefits, boosts minimum wage to $25 per hour —BNY announced expanded employee benefits and a boost in its minimum wage for all U.S.-based employees; Synovus has added former FIS executive Greg Mon...
- + American Banker: Feed: Technology, fees and a mega-merger: top payments news of 2024 —The Capital One-Discover merger, the war against Visa and Mastercards' swipe fees and budding payment technologies were most popular with American Ban...
- + American Banker: Feed: Banks fleeing X may soon turn to Bluesky —Financial institutions that build a presence on the social media platform could gain a first-mover advantage and a communications channel with potenti...
- + American Banker: Feed: What bankers need to know about a government shutdown —Flood insurance could hold up some home sales and lending, while major bank regulatory agencies will remain funded even if the government is unable to...
- + American Banker: Feed: CFPB sues BofA, JPM and Wells over Zelle fraud —The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued three of the largest U.S. banks for fraud perpetrated on the bank-owned payment network Zelle, alleging ...
- + American Banker: Feed: Trump's appointment of Sacks bodes well for smarter fintech regulation —By naming David Sacks as his "AI & Crypto Czar," Donald Trump has sent a strong signal that forward-thinking regulation of the most vibrant sector...
- + American Banker: Feed: Exclusive: Deposit-insurance reform picks up steam with Waters bill —The proposal has similar elements to Republican-led legislation, including a piece of a measure from Vice President-elect JD Vance. [Category: Politi...
- + American Banker: Feed: Inside the growing, bipartisan demand for CEO accountability —The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s decision to weigh civil lawsuits against Silicon Valley Bank executives to recover losses to its Deposit Insuran...
- + MPA - Australia: What does it take to be among the top 100 mortgage professionals worldwide—One Australian executive has made the cut - find out how he did it
- + MPA - Australia: COBA calls for improved regulator coordination—Customer-owned banks want better sequencing of reforms to ease regulatory pressures
- + MPA - Australia: Happy Holidays from Mortgage Professional Australia—Here's what you can expect over late December and early January
- + MPA - Australia: Study reveals need for 35,000 more property investors—Shortfall in rental properties highlights challenges from reduced property investments
- + MPA - Australia: Renters’ financial frustrations fuel homeownership aspirations—Improved financial confidence sees more renters exploring pathways to homeownership
- + MPA - Australia: Hai Money appoints new state manager for Victoria—He brings over a decade of industry experience to the role
- + MPA - Australia: What are the top property investment hotspots for 2025?—New report highlights opportunities in Darwin, Melbourne, and regional markets with strong growth potential
- + MPA - Australia: NAB projects optimism despite challenging financial year—Bank executives highlight strong leadership, economic resilience, and support for customers facing cost-of-living pressures
- + MPA - Australia: ING bolsters Queensland sales team—New appointments aim to enhance broker support amid rising demand in the region
- + MPA - Australia: Geelong property market thrives in 2024—Steady prices, strong demand, and infrastructure upgrades drive growth in the regional hotspot
- + Finovate: Finovate Global: 10x Banking’s Lewis Ide on High Growth Markets in APAC and Africa—As 2025 approaches, where will new opportunities arise for financial institutions, financial services providers, and fintechs looking to expand into n...
- + Finovate: Streamly Snapshot: Disrupting the Market with Refunds-as-a-Service—One of the latest developments in the payments space, Refunds-as-a-Service, promises to bring innovation to an area of customer experience – ref...
- + Finovate: DeepTarget Unveils AI-Powered Email Service AImail—DeepTarget, a digital marketing services provider for financial institutions, has launched its AI-powered email service AImail . The new off...
- + Bank Info Security: Alleged LockBit Coder Faces 41-Count Indictment in US—US Seeks Extradition of Dual Russian and Israeli Citizen Rostislav Panev from Israel A newly unsealed U.S. federal indictment against Rostislav Panev...
- + Bank Info Security: Editors' Panel: Cybersecurity 2024 - Thanks for the Memories—Looking Back on the Ransomware Attacks, Resilience Lessons and Tech Trends In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed defining cybersecurity...
- + Bank Info Security: Federal Cyber Operations Would Downgrade Under Shutdown—Government Shutdown Could See Thousands of Federal Cyber Workers Furloughed A looming shutdown could sharply reduce the Cybersecurity and Infrastruct...
- + Bank Info Security: Siemens Warns of a Critical Vulnerability in UMC—Heap Overflow Flaw Threatens Industrial Control Systems Globally Siemens issued a security advisory for a vulnerability affecting industrial control ...
- + Bank Info Security: Atos Completes Financial Restructuring—Paris IT Services Giant Reduces Debt by 2.1 Billion Euros French IT services giant Atos announced Thursday the completion of a financial restructurin...
- + Bank Info Security: Romanian Sentenced to 20 Years for NetWalker Ransomware—Daniel Hulea Orchestrated Attacks Targeting Businesses During the COVID-19 Pandemic A U.S. federal court sentenced a Romanian man to 20 years in a U....
- + Bank Info Security: Managed XDR, AI and SMB Defense: Barracuda CEO Shares Vision—Barracuda CEO Hatem Naguib Shares Strategies for Email Protection, Managed Services With cyberthreats becoming more sophisticated, Barracuda CEO Hate...
- + Bank Info Security: Live Webinar | Supercharge Your ServiceNow CMDB with Complete and Real-Time Data
- + Bank Info Security: CISA: 2035 Quantum Encryption Deadline Still Achievable—CISA Says 2035 Quantum Deadline Remains Achievable Despite Recent Breakthroughs The federal government’s 2035 mandate to adopt quantum-resistant encr...
- + Bank Info Security: HHS Urges Health Sector to Beef Up OT, IoMT Security—Feds Warn That Connected Devices Are Prey for Cyberattackers The security of medical devices has been getting most of the attention from regulators i...
- + Global Banking & Finance: Seeing low-income consumers squeezed, retailers target $10 and under gifts—By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK (Reuters) – Retailers including Target and Walmart are stocking shelves with more toys and gifts such as Barbies th...
- + Global Banking & Finance: SoftwareOne to buy Norway’s Crayon in $1.4 billion Microsoft-focused takeover—By Paul Arnold and Tristan Veyet ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss technology firm SoftwareOne said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Crayon Group in a stock and...
- + Global Banking & Finance: UK’s FTSE 100 set for worst week in 16 months—(Reuters) – UK’s FTSE 100 touched an over one-month low on Friday, led by declines in personal goods and bank shares, with the main stock ...
- + Global Banking & Finance: EU deal and Trump tariff threats bolster Mercosur trade talks—By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil expects the South American trade bloc Mercosur to speed up more free trade negoti...
- + Global Banking & Finance: Revolutionizing Trading:Meet OCBC Securities’ A.I. Oscar –Your Personalized AI Trading Assistant—Leading brokerage firm OCBC Securities was established in Singapore in 1986 and offers reliable, secure, end-to-end encryption trading. An early adopt...
- + Global Banking & Finance: Sterling set to end week in red against dollar as outlooks diverge—By Greta Rosen Fondahn (Reuters) – Sterling held up against the dollar on Friday but was set to end the week lower after coming under pressure f...
- + Global Banking & Finance: Italy fines OpenAI over ChatGPT privacy rules breach—By Elvira Pollina and Alvise Armellini MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s data protection agency said on Friday it fined ChatGPT maker OpenAI 15 million e...
- + Global Banking & Finance: UK finance minister to visit China in January to revive regular economic talks, sources say—By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves will visit China for two days in January to revive high-level eco...
- + Global Banking & Finance: Florence’s landmark passageway over Ponte Vecchio reopens to public—By Cristiano Corvino and Alvise Armellini FLORENCE (Reuters) – A Renaissance-era raised passageway that connects Florence’s Uffizi Galleri...
- + Global Banking & Finance: O.XYZ Launches OSOL100 AI Index – The S&P 100 of Solana’s AI Ecosystem—Lahore, Pakistan, December 20th, 2024, Chainwire O.XYZ, the leading decentralized Super AI project, announces the launch of OSOL100, a first-of-its-ki...
- + St. Louis Fed | On the Economy Blog: Trends in Work from Home in the U.S.: Insights from Six Datasets—An analysis of survey data finds that WFH remains elevated from prepandemic levels, suggesting remote work is an enduring feature of the U.S. workfo...
- + The Economist: Finance and economics: Don’t count on monetary policy to make housing affordable—Unless housebuilding picks up, neither cheap nor dear money will bring relief
- + The Economist: Finance and economics: Why Brazil’s currency is plunging—Fiscal and monetary policy are now pitted against one another
- + The Economist: Finance and economics: The search for the world’s most efficient charities—What the data say about doing good well
- + The Economist: Finance and economics: Conflict is remaking the Middle East’s economic order—Iran is boxed in as Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Turkey look to capitalise
- + The Economist: Finance and economics: Ukraine is winning the economic war against Russia—Whether that lasts depends on its ability to overcome acute shortages of power, men and money
- + The Hindu Business Line - Money & Banking: RBI imposes monetary penalties on IndusInd Bank, Mannapuram Finance for violation of regulatory norms—IndusInd Bank opened certain savings deposit accounts in the name of ineligible entities [Category: Money & Banking]
- + The Hindu Business Line - Money & Banking: External MPC members call for rate cut flagging faltering growth, rising inflation—Former RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, however, batted for keeping repo rate unchanged, saying progress made towards disinflation till now must be prese...
- + The Hindu Business Line - Money & Banking: RBI holds 612th central board of directors meeting under chairmanship of Sanjay Malhotra—Board reviews global and domestic economic situation and outlook [Category: Money & Banking]
- + The Hindu Business Line - Money & Banking: As 2025 approaches, the insurance industry stands at a transformative crossroads—Without meticulous oversight, there’s a looming risk of market imbalance and monopolistic tendencies [Category: Money & Banking]
- + The Hindu Business Line - Money & Banking: Insurance industry is agile in adopting new reforms: Tarun Chugh —In 2024,the industry cloced a strong growth of 16 per cent in Individual Rated New Business [Category: Money & Banking]
- + The Hindu Business Line - Money & Banking: SEBI caps NFO fund raise based on MFs ability to deploy — [Category: Money & Banking]
- + The Hindu Business Line - Money & Banking: ICICI Bank and Times Internet unveil premium metal credit card—Cardholders will receive significant perks including unlimited lounge access at over 1,300 global airports, visa services at home, and entry to ‘The Q...
- + American Banking News: Geode Capital Management LLC Acquires 680,242 Shares of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG)—Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG – Free Report) by 4.1% during the third quarter, according to...
- + American Banking News: M&T Bank Corp Purchases New Holdings in Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE:UAA)—M&T Bank Corp acquired a new position in shares of Under Armour, Inc. (NYSE:UAA – Free Report) in the third quarter, according to its most r...
- + American Banking News: Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC Makes New $46,000 Investment in Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG)—Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG – Free Report) in the 3rd quarter, according to the co...
- + American Banking News: Silgan Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SLGN) Shares Bought by Geode Capital Management LLC—Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in Silgan Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SLGN – Free Report) by 11.7% in the third quarter, according to its...
- + American Banking News: Geode Capital Management LLC Has $73.31 Million Stock Holdings in Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE:DEI)—Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE:DEI – Free Report) by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter, accord...
- + American Banking News: Geode Capital Management LLC Raises Position in Fulton Financial Co. (NASDAQ:FULT)—Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Fulton Financial Co. (NASDAQ:FULT – Free Report) by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter...
- + American Banking News: Geode Capital Management LLC Acquires 43,841 Shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD)—Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Diodes Incorporated (NASDAQ:DIOD – Free Report) by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter, Holdin...
- + American Banking News: Geode Capital Management LLC Increases Stock Position in CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE:CBZ)—Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE:CBZ – Free Report) by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Ch...
- + American Banking News: Geode Capital Management LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Parsons Co. (NYSE:PSN)—Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Parsons Co. (NYSE:PSN – Free Report) by 14.0% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com ...
- + American Banking News: Geode Capital Management LLC Boosts Holdings in Sweetgreen, Inc. (NYSE:SG)—Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Sweetgreen, Inc. (NYSE:SG – Free Report) by 5.4% during the third quarter, Holding...