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FDIC Reports Bank Return on Assets Approaches Highest Level Since 1984
FDIC Reports Bank Return on Assets Approaches Highest Level Since 1984
August 25, 2026  |  Banking

FDIC-insured commercial banks and savings institutions reported a return on assets ratio of 1.37% in the second quarter, marking one of the best results since...

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i2c Wants Payments Executives to Worry Smarter
i2c Wants Payments Executives to Worry Smarter
August 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Jason Goldberg of i2c Payments executives have always had reasons to be paranoid. The trouble now is deciding...

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Hawaii-Based American Savings Bank Files for IPO
Hawaii-Based American Savings Bank Files for IPO
August 24, 2026  |  IPO

Hawaii-based community bank American Savings Bank has filed for a proposed initial public offering, the bank said in a Monday (Aug. 24) press release. American Savings Bank publicly filed a...

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Goldman Sachs Safeguards Apprenticeship Culture in AI Era
Goldman Sachs Safeguards Apprenticeship Culture in AI Era
August 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Goldman Sachs aims to ensure that new artificial intelligence tools don’t lead to a loss of knowledge within the institution, Chris Churchman, head of the...

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Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
Standard Chartered and HSBC Complete First Transaction on Swift Blockchain Ledger
August 21, 2026  |  Blockchain

Standard Chartered and HSBC have completed the first interbank transaction executed on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger, Standard Chartered said in a Wednesday (Aug. 19) press release. This live cross-border transaction demonstrated...

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Ant International Recruits Banking Giants for Updated AI Model
Ant International Recruits Banking Giants for Updated AI Model
August 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Ant International says several of the world’s biggest banks are using its new AI model. The Singapore-based FinTech giant’s Falcon Time-Series Transformer (TST) 2.0 artificial intelligence...

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Reusable FinTech Certification Could Streamline Bank Due Diligence
Reusable FinTech Certification Could Streamline Bank Due Diligence
August 19, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

Banks repeatedly perform similar due diligence on technology providers, and an industry-standards effort involving the federal regulators would make portions of that work reusable across...

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Datavault Pushes Into Banking Realm With BankWyse Acquisition
Datavault Pushes Into Banking Realm With BankWyse Acquisition
August 19, 2026  |  Banking

Data monetization and real-world asset tokenization company Datavault AI is set to acquire Wyoming financial institution BankWyse. “This acquisition adds the final piece to Datavault AI’s data...

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FDIC Mulls Standards Body to Streamline Bank-FinTech Oversight
FDIC Mulls Standards Body to Streamline Bank-FinTech Oversight
August 19, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is considering an industry-led standards organization that could certify FinTech companies and other bank service providers against common risk-management benchmarks,...

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