banking

Hong Kong Tests ‘Know Your Agent’ Controls in Payment Workflows 
Hong Kong Tests ‘Know Your Agent’ Controls in Payment Workflows 
August 27, 2026  |  Banking

Financial institutions have spent decades learning how to identify customers. Hong Kong is starting to test how they might identify the artificial intelligence (AI) agents...

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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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AI Agents Become the API Economy’s Biggest New Customers
AI Agents Become the API Economy’s Biggest New Customers
August 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Every financial API was built for a human developer, a human analyst, or a human customer. A person queries the endpoint. A person reviews the...

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Bretton AI CEO Wants Banks to Kick the AI Tool Habit
Bretton AI CEO Wants Banks to Kick the AI Tool Habit
August 04, 2026  |  Banking

Watch more: Need to Know With Bretton AI’s Will Lawrence Every artificial intelligence (AI) tool a bank adds to solve one risk problem gives it...

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Upstart Receives Conditional OCC Approval for Bank Charter
Upstart Receives Conditional OCC Approval for Bank Charter
July 27, 2026  |  Banking

Lending marketplace Upstart has received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a bank called Upstart Bank, N.A. The conditional approval follows Upstart’s...

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Why Millions of New Accounts Never Turn Into Real Banking Relationships
Why Millions of New Accounts Never Turn Into Real Banking Relationships
March 25, 2026  |  Money Mobility

Banks and credit unions are opening millions of new accounts, yet too many fail to become active relationships. As FinTechs deliver instant funding and immediate...

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Can Crypto’s Open Network Dreams Survive Going Corporate?
Can Crypto’s Open Network Dreams Survive Going Corporate?
March 10, 2026  |  Blockchain

The reality of financial blockchain adoption is turning out to be a very different story than the permissionless approach the digital asset space was built...

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Monzo Acquires Habito to Bolster Mortgage Offerings
Monzo Acquires Habito to Bolster Mortgage Offerings
December 16, 2025  |  Partnerships

U.K. digital bank Monzo says it is set to acquire British mortgage broker Habito. The company says the deal, announced Tuesday (Dec. 16), will make...

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Embedded Finance Transforms Bank Balance Sheets Into Growth Channels
Embedded Finance Transforms Bank Balance Sheets Into Growth Channels
December 12, 2025  |  Banking

Embedded finance is transforming not just how transactions happen but where financial relationships begin. What once sat at the edge of apps and platforms is...

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