Podcast: Reducing the friction in banking

The FCC is seeking public comment on creating a “robocall scorecard” to measure how voice service providers are protecting consumers from illegal calls. In related news, the commission booted 14 providers from the U.S. telecommunications network.

More than two in five U.S. consumers said they have encountered a scam powered by artificial intelligence, either personally or through someone they know, according to a recent survey by Credit One Bank.

Years of duplicative, one-size-fits-all regulation have strained the diversity of the banking sector, with the burden falling hardest on community banks, Kathy Kraninger, president and CEO of the Florida Bankers Association, told House lawmakers.

Fifty-two state bankers associations expressed strong support for the Federal Communications Commission’s proposals to ensure that all voice service providers in the path of a call take meaningful responsibility for keeping illegal calls off the U.S. calling network.

How September 11, 2001 reshaped banking — and the people who protect it.

If consumers and businesses are encouraged to move money from bank deposits into stablecoins that offer interest-like rewards, those funds will no longer support local lending in the way they previously did, ABA Chair Kenneth Kelly said in...