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Upgrade’s Bank Ambitions Show How FinTech Growth Expands Choices

October 16, 2026
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Equifax Equips Lenders With Mastercard Open Finance Insights
Consumer Finance // October 16, 2026

Equifax now offers consumer-permissioned financial insights enabled via Mastercard Open Finance alongside the Equifax consumer credit file, the company said in a Friday (Oct. 16) press release. Equifax customers can now access Mastercard Open Finance’s Cash Flow Analytics, which produces cash flow attributes based on...

Truist Shifts Investment Toward Deposits and Digital Banking
Banking // October 16, 2026

Truist exited its third quarter with higher deposits, continued growth in consumer spending and stable underlying credit quality. An earnings call Friday (Oct. 16) indicated that the new Truist CEO, Mike Lyons, wants a larger share of customers’ primary banking relationships. Average deposits rose 3.6%...

Scams Capture 22.4% of Fraud Dollars as Banks Adjust Defenses
Fraud Prevention // October 16, 2026

Banks have an opportunity to strengthen fraud prevention by looking more closely at payments that arrive with a valid login or a customer’s approval. That’s the central implication of the third key finding in “Scams Get Personal: Why Banks Pay More to Fight Fraud,” a...

U.S. Bancorp Says AI Agents Aren’t Moving Consumer Deposits Yet
Artificial Intelligence // October 15, 2026

U.S. Bancorp’s consumers continued to spend during the third quarter, even as the bank carried more card balances and saw an increase in early-stage card delinquencies. “Spend levels are high, employment is strong,” Chief Financial Officer John Stern told analysts during a Thursday (Oct. 15)...

Interviews & Exclusives
Scams Capture 22.4% of Fraud Dollars as Banks Adjust Defenses

October 16, 2026
Banks have an opportunity to strengthen fraud prevention by looking more closely at payments that arrive with a valid login or a customer’s approval. That’s the central implication of the third key finding in “Scams Get Personal: Why Banks Pay More to Fight Fraud,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report in The Fraud Economy series. Based on […]

Splitit Bets a White-Label Charge Card Can Make Mid-Sized Banks BNPL Contenders

October 13, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know with Splitit’s Nandan Sheth In 1949, a businessman named Frank McNamara finished dinner at a New York restaurant and realized he’d left his wallet at...

Do Banks Need AI Employees More Than They Do Core Upgrades?

October 12, 2026
Watch more: Monday Conversation With Kastle’s Rishi Choudhary Rishi Choudhary, Co-Founder and CEO of Kastle, believes that banks have been approaching AI modernization from the wrong end of the technology stack:...

Scams Move From the Inbox to the Text Screen

October 08, 2026
A bank can monitor a login, score a transaction and flag unusual account activity. It can’t see the text message that convinced its customer to send the money, which is...

Quick Reads
Equifax Equips Lenders With Mastercard Open Finance Insights

October 16, 2026
Equifax now offers consumer-permissioned financial insights enabled via Mastercard Open Finance alongside the Equifax consumer credit file, the company said in a Friday (Oct. 16) press release. Equifax customers can now access Mastercard Open Finance’s Cash Flow Analytics, which produces cash flow attributes based on up to 24 months of credits, debits and balances; Payment […]

BoE Warns Banks Against AI Cybersecurity Risks

October 15, 2026
England’s central bank is warning lenders they shouldn’t assume they are invulnerable to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyberattacks. Sarah Breeden, deputy governor of the Bank of England (BoE) said Thursday (Oct....

PNC Combats AI-Enabled Deposit Flight With Better Tech and Service

October 15, 2026
As technology makes it easier for clients to move deposits in search of higher interest rates, banks must compete by providing better solutions, PNC Financial Services Group Chairman and CEO...

FSB Says Banks Need to Have Company-Wide AI Regulation

October 15, 2026
A global financial watchdog is calling on banks to increase their oversight of agentic AI. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) made that call in a report published Thursday (Oct. 15) outlining proper practices for...