For banks eyeing the impact of the Durbin Amendment — and the prospect of debit interchange caps — there might be some relief coming from Congress. A bill that was approved by the House Financial Services Committee — the Bank Resilience and Regulatory Improvement Act — would, among other things, raise the “threshold” to...
Paytm’s stock has reportedly fallen considerably amid the company’s troubles with Indian banking regulators. Shares in Paytm are down roughly 61% in the last six months, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (May 21), one day before the company is set to issue an earnings report that will likely...
MercadoLibre is reportedly in talks to get a banking license in Mexico. The Latin American eCommerce/FinTech is in discussions with Mexico’s central bank, finance ministry and banking regulators to apply for a license, Osvaldo Gimenez, president of Mercado Pago, the company’s FinTech operation, told Bloomberg News Tuesday (May 21). “The...
At JPMorgan Chase, getting trained in artificial intelligence is now part of being hired. The banking giant is having all new hires undergo artificial intelligence (AI) training, Mary Erdoes, who runs the firm’s asset- and wealth-management unit, said Monday (May 20). “This year, everyone coming in here will have...
The tougher capital requirements the government had planned for banks may not be as tough. That’s according to a Sunday (May 19) report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which argues that efforts by banking CEOs like JPMorgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon to push back against the Federal Reserve’s proposal that banks hold more...
Washington Federal Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of WaFd, has disclosed its agreement to sell some commercial multi-family real estate loans to Bank of America for about $2.9 billion. WaFd said in a Friday (May 17) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the deal involves 2,000 commercial multi-family...
HSBC Bank USA has introduced a checking account for business clients that combines an earnings credit rate (ECR) with credit interest. The new HSBC Hybrid Checking Account earns interest on every dollar deposited into the account, the bank said in a Thursday (May 16) press release. “Every organization has...
A global financial watchdog is warning against the risks of digitalization in the financial world. The Bank for International Settlements’ Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued a report Thursday (May 16) that examines implications of the digitalization of finance, weighing both the risks and rewards presented by new technologies. “While...
Testimony from some of the top regulators in the country ahead of a Wednesday (May 15) Capitol Hill hearing on bank oversight took note of the resilience of the banking industry in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse of last year. But...
