Banks spend more on CEO security after 2024 slaying in NYC Some large financial institutions increased their security spending last year by multiples of two, seven or even 10. www.americanbanker.com/news/banks-s... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

CHIPS network boasts daily payment growth CHIPS network growth underscores its rising use for large-value domestic and cross-border payments, The Clearing House said. www.paymentsdive.com/news/chips-n... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

#QuantumComputing Is Beginning to Take Shape — Here Are Three Recent Breakthroughs Quantum computing breaktrhroughs including new hardware, smarter algorithms, and clearer signs of “quantum advantage,” bring once-theoretical machines closer to real-world use buff.ly/SKFztH6 #Tech

A new regulatory era is opening the door to banking innovation Bank regulators have shrugged off a zero-failure mentality and are allowing some risk back into the system. www.americanbanker.com/opinion/a-ne... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

AI Is Reshaping Cyber Risk. Boards Need to Manage the Threat. AI is reshaping cyber risk from a technical problem into a leadership test for corporate boards. buff.ly/XR08xoK #CyberSecurity #AI

Fed mulls FedNow x-border use The Federal Reserve proposed letting participants in the real-time payments system use intermediaries to make cross-border fund transfers. www.paymentsdive.com/news/fed-mul... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

The four-day workweek is not only a boon for worker wellbeing; it can address tough, persistent organizational challenges like employee engagement. So, what’s stopping the 4-day workweek? hbr.org/2026/04/what... #Leadership #WorkCulture

Basel draft leaves nonbank warehouse financing in limbo The latest Basel III proposal could encourage banks to hold more mortgages, but its impact on financing they provide to nonbanks selling home loans is "murkier” www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/basel-d... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

How Shadow #AI Culture Is Destroying Your Business Shadow AI culture is what happens when employees stop asking permission and step through the frame. www.forbes.com/sites/jasons... #Tech #Strategy #Leadership

FDIC floats AML revamp, #Stablecoin guidelines Under a proposed overhaul of anti-money laundering rules, only “significant or systemic failures” to implement an AML/CFT program would prompt an enforcement or supervisory action. buff.ly/NrVy4d7 #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

The Effects of AI-Generated Code Tearing Through Corporations Is Actually Kind of Funny We’ve accelerated coding but now we don’t have enough people or tools to review that code. 🤦‍♂️ futurism.com/artificial-i... #VibeCoding #LLMs #Tech #DigitalTransformation

The OCC must act before banks lose out on the crypto custody market Banks and their regulators have a narrow window to reckon with custody modernization. www.americanbanker.com/opinion/cryp... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #CryptoCurrency

How Should We Prepare for the Looming Quantum Encryption Apocalypse? The dreaded Q-day could arrive sooner than expected, and when it does, experts say we need to be ready. gizmodo.com/how-should-w... #QuantumComputing #CyberSecurity

A '#Blockchain dividend' awaits banks that update their ledger systems Banks' core ledger systems are a sclerotic holdover from the past. The future belongs to the banks that set them aside and allow transactions to close in real time buff.ly/sAL719m #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

SMBC to add 2,000 jobs in Charlotte The Japanese bank aims to open a second U.S. headquarters in the North Carolina banking boomtown. www.bankingdive.com/news/smbc-se... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

This is what some idiots call “winning” for the US France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/f... #Tech #Kakistocracy

How #AI is breaking the financial services learning curve With AI tech developing quickly, about two-thirds of banks are relying on informal staff training to help employees use new models. www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

New Apple Scam Hits Millions of iPhone Users Worldwide, Draining Bank Accounts The scam usually starts with a simple, official-looking text message. It might claim there has been a suspicious charge on your Apple Pay or that your account has been locked. buff.ly/DiZwdCZ #CyberSecurity

Santander, Webster lay out post-deal management plan The banks tapped executives to lead retail, commercial and digital banking in moves announced Monday. However, Openbank chief Swati Bhatia will leave Santander on June 30. www.bankingdive.com/news/santand... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Banks prepare to catch human traffickers at the World Cup Banks are gearing up to monitor transactions related to the World Cup soccer games, looking for signs of human trafficking. www.americanbanker.com/news/banks-p... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Harley-Davidson resets brand ahead of growth strategy rollout The motorcycle company gets back to basics in an ad set to Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” that will run nationally across broadcast and streaming. www.marketingdive.com/news/harley-... #DigitalMarketing

Fifth Third beats back impersonation scams Bank impersonation scams, which tripled from 2024 to 2025, were the leading scam the regional lender encountered in 2025, said Kristopher Edwards, head of fraud prevention. www.bankingdive.com/news/fifth-t... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Banks are missing out on a huge wave of infrastructure finance deals Traditional banks ceded the fastest-growing segment of infrastructure finance — renewable energy — to private capital. Can reclaim some share of what's left over? www.americanbanker.com/opinion/bank... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Color Psychology in Fintech Branding: Building User Trust weandthecolor.com/color-psycho... #DigitalMarketing #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

'Watershed moment': Morgan Stanley enters #Bitcoin #ETF race Morgan Stanley plans to issue a Solana ETF in the third quarter. www.americanbanker.com/news/watersh... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Investing #BTC

Florida de novo gets FDIC’s conditional approval Portrait Bank submitted its applications in September. It has raised $42 million from 248 local investors and aims to begin serving businesses, consumers and private-wealth clients this year. buff.ly/wGaVDtt #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Will #ChatGPT ads become a meaningful part of the performance media mix? Questions remain around whether or not #LLM ads can be evaluated with the same rigor as the rest of advertisers’ media plans, writes AppFlyer’s Brian Quinn. www.marketingdive.com/news/will-ch... #DigitalMarketing

Florida de novo group set to exit the starting blocks The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported receiving six deposit insurance applications in March after getting a total of 10 in 2025. www.americanbanker.com/news/florida... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Publicis leans on Microsoft in race to lead #AgenticAI for marketers The Epsilon identity solution and consultancy arm Sapient are in focus while Publicis is also taking over Microsoft’s sizable global media business. www.marketingdive.com/news/publici... #DigitalMarketing #AI

BMO launches #AI, #QuantumComputing institute The institute will help further embed an enterprise-wide AI agenda, advance its quantum strategy and “[keep] us accountable and agile in this era of exponential change,” its lead executive said. buff.ly/44iRz65 #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Mortgage credit hits three-year high entering spring market The US 30-year mortgage rate rose to 7.16% last week, matching the highest since 2001 and crimping both sales and refinancing activity. www.nationalmortgagenews.com/news/mortgag... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Big #AI spenders are reaping large productivity gains, American Banker Report More than half of respondents said AI has had a positive impact on their organization’s workforce, bringing efficiency gains with it. www.americanbanker.com/news/exclusi... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

An #AEO Content Strategy That Drove Actual #AI Search Traffic This isn’t theory. See how one AEO strategy drove measurable AI search traffic and higher-intent leads. www.cmswire.com/digital-mark... #DigitalMarketing #GEO

BNY gives its employees a homeownership hand-up The bank is offering $6,500 in down payment assistance to employees who make $100,000 or less a year. BNY in recent years raised its minimum wage and offered company stock to its lowest-paid workers. buff.ly/pShIs7X #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Payments fintech Pepper Pay declares bankruptcy Pepper Pay recently filed for bankruptcy to liquidate its $665,000 in assets against over $3.4 million in debts. www.americanbanker.com/news/payment... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Visa expands agentic commerce; Revolut battles Italian regulators Visa's Intelligent Commerce is an attempt to make it easier for businesses to connect to agentic commerce. www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Visible #AI in marketing is four times more likely to cost brands trust than build it When consumers notice AI-generated content in brand marketing, they're four times more likely to trust the brand less than more, 31% versus just 7% www.emarketer.com/content/visi... #DigitalMarketing

Capital One pushes deeper into #AI, business payments Capital One has closed its $5 billion deal to buy business banking fintech Brex. www.americanbanker.com/payments/new... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

How US credit card fees may ebb The Nilson Report’s publisher explained how competition, merchants and court dynamics are influencing the evolution of interchange fees. www.paymentsdive.com/news/how-us-... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Fifth Third official: #AI will help banks 'out-code' vendors Banks' reliance on third-party software vendors and core providers may be eroding, according to Fifth Third consumer lending head Jay Plum. www.americanbanker.com/news/fifth-t... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Illinois AG defends card fee law Illinois law banning card interchange fees on tax and tips doesn’t restrict banks or card networks, the state told an appeals court. www.paymentsdive.com/news/illinoi... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Goldman Sachs defends its diversity work against anti-DEI claims The accusations by the group, Color of Change, are part of a broader effort to hold corporations accountable for backing away from DEI pledges, the group said. www.americanbanker.com/news/goldman... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Fiserv, grocer expand pay-by-bank effort The payments processor said it’s expanding a pilot with the stateside arm of the Dutch grocer Ahold Delhaize to let more U.S. customers pay directly from their banks. www.paymentsdive.com/news/fiserv-... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Brands advertising on 9 streaming platforms command a third of US streaming TV ad spend Advertisers running on all nine streaming platforms account for 34% of US streaming TV ad spending www.emarketer.com/content/bran... #DigitalMarketing

GSEs ease prefunding rules, extend manufactured housing terms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have respectively released a mix of new flexibilities and requirements for single-family mortgages they purchase as April has gotten underway. buff.ly/2raIbFj #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Judge denies UBS request in dispute over Nazi-looted assets UBS tried to preemptively silence new claims that Credit Suisse had concealed Nazi-linked assets. www.americanbanker.com/news/judge-d... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

Cash management platform Lorum applies for national trust charter “We’re basically building a new-age BNY,” said George Davis, the company’s founder. www.bankingdive.com/news/cash-ma... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking

The Fix for Your Brand’s Authenticity Problem? #AI Here’s a paradox: artificial intelligence might be the single best tool we’ve ever had for making brands more authentic. Not more efficient or scalable. More authentic. www.cmswire.com/digital-mark... #DigitalMarketing

U.S. Bank signs on as NFL's bank and #WealthManagement partner The bank is deepening its relationship with the nation's biggest sports league in an arrangement that will shine a light on the bank during the Super Bowl. www.americanbanker.com/news/u-s-ban... #FinTech #FinServ #Banking #WealthTech

Estée Lauder names WPP first global media partner to centralize media efforts With a focus on boosting consumer demand, the beauty giant is advancing to the next stage of its One ELC operating model and Beauty Reimagined initiative. www.marketingdive.com/news/estee-l... #DigitalMarketing