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Fed Issues Action Against Lineage Financial Separate from Synapse Case
Bank Regulation // December 19, 2024

The Federal Reserve Board has announced an enforcement action against Franklin, Tennessee-based Lineage Financial Network, the bank holding company of Lineage Bank. The Fed said in a Thursday (Dec. 19) press release that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) separately issued an enforcement action with Lineage Bank in January...

Capital One: Delaware’s Approval Moves Discover Acquisition Closer to Completion
Acquisitions // December 19, 2024

Capital One said Thursday (Dec. 19) that its previously announced acquisition of Discover Financial Services has moved another step toward completion by receiving approval from the Office of the Delaware State Bank Commissioner. The bank received that approval Wednesday (Dec. 18), it said in a...

ValidiFI: Cross-Referencing Identity Elements Helps Spot Fraud Risk
Security & Fraud // December 19, 2024

Consumers who initially appear low risk based on basic bank account validation may be revealed to be fraudsters when analyzed with additional signals and insights, ValidiFI found in a report released Thursday (Dec. 19). A comprehensive cross-referencing of phone, email, address and other identity elements...

ERP Innovations Are Rebooting the Back Office as Organizations Modernize
Technology // December 18, 2024

Organizations are grappling with the dual challenges of their legacy infrastructure and rapidly evolving technological demands to operate. A business case and contract request shared by London’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), for example, revealed that when it comes to core back-office platforms such as enterprise...

Interviews & Exclusives
Ingo Payments’ Edwards: 2025 Will Change the Rules for Bank-FinTech Partnerships

December 20, 2024
As the banking and payments sector stands on the cusp of 2025 on a new regulation-averse government worldview, one of the issues that bears watching is the partnerships between banks and FinTechs. As a group, they have created new ways of moving money, across apps, platforms and mobile devices. FinTechs have largely been untested in […]

More Than 75% of Banks Not Ready for ISO 20022 Mandates. The Question Is: Why?

December 13, 2024
The benefits of standardized data formats and exchanges in financial services are myriad. Banks are moving toward the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard, tied to Swift, which noted that the...

Bridging the Gap: Connecting Small Businesses to the Broader Business Ecosystem

December 13, 2024
No business wants to get paid slower. No one wants to park their financial operations with a larger company. And no one wants to pay more fees for banking and...

CFPB’s Overdraft Rule May Move Banks to Cut Services and a ‘Credit Lifeline’ for Consumers

December 12, 2024
The new (and reportedly final) rule on overdraft fees may have consumer groups — and consumers — cheering. But the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) move may have a series...

Quick Reads
Fed Issues Action Against Lineage Financial Separate from Synapse Case

December 19, 2024
The Federal Reserve Board has announced an enforcement action against Franklin, Tennessee-based Lineage Financial Network, the bank holding company of Lineage Bank. The Fed said in a Thursday (Dec. 19) press release that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) separately issued an enforcement action with Lineage Bank in January and that the Fed’s enforcement action is independent of the […]

Capital One: Delaware’s Approval Moves Discover Acquisition Closer to Completion

December 19, 2024
Capital One said Thursday (Dec. 19) that its previously announced acquisition of Discover Financial Services has moved another step toward completion by receiving approval from the Office of the Delaware...

ValidiFI: Cross-Referencing Identity Elements Helps Spot Fraud Risk

December 19, 2024
Consumers who initially appear low risk based on basic bank account validation may be revealed to be fraudsters when analyzed with additional signals and insights, ValidiFI found in a report...

FDIC Authorizes Potential Legal Action Against Former SVB Executives

December 18, 2024
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) board of directors reportedly votedunanimously to authorize potential legal action against six former officers and 11 former directors of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). This...