A new kind of ‘community bank’ for small businesses
Small business owners' priorities and how banks can meet their needs in 2026, from SBA lending to succession planning and...
Technology
Survey: AI, fraud among top cybersecurity trends for 2026
Artificial intelligence is “supercharging” the cybersecurity arms race, with cyber-enabled fraud affecting people of all stripes, according to a new...
ABA, associations seek extension of comment period for FDIC’s Genius Act implementation
ABA joined four other associations to request that the FDIC push back the deadline for comment on its proposal to...
Survey: Merchants expand payment options, express interest in crypto
BNPL is now the fourth most accepted form of payment at small businesses, behind debit or credit cards, digital wallets,...
Senate Banking Committee postpones vote on crypto market structure bill
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) delayed a scheduled committee vote on cryptocurrency market structure legislation. Banking advocates have...
AI romance, ‘machine-to-machine’ scams among top 2026 fraud trends
Romance scams carried out by artificial intelligence and computers scamming other computers are among the top five fraud trends to...
G7 expert group releases cybersecurity ‘roadmap’ for post-quantum cryptography
The G7 Cyber Expert Group released a “roadmap” to help the financial sector take steps to secure computer systems from...
Getting ready for the great wealth transfer
A good first step for banks to confront this challenge is to focus very intentionally on intergenerational wealth management.
ABA, associations: Stablecoin loophole threatens local lending
Trillions of dollars for community lending could be lost if lawmakers fail to close a loophole crypto firms could use...
OCC proposes revising chartering rules for national trust institutions
The OCC is proposing to amend its chartering regulations to clarify that national banks limited to the operations of trust...
