The pandemic and social unrest made 2020 one of the most challenging years in recent memory, but there is much the industry can learn from the past 12 months.
The Pennsylvania senator, who will chair the Banking Committee if Republicans hold their majority, agreed to modify an amendment restricting the Federal Reserve’s emergency powers that Democrats had criticized as too extreme.
At least two items on the industry's Paycheck Protection Program wish list were delivered: provisions allowing many existing borrowers to obtain new funding and streamlined forgiveness for loans of $150,000 or less.
A long-awaited COVID-relief package in Congress is expected to extend liquidity measures for the industry and provide assistance to consumers that could help lenders avoid rising delinquencies.
When Mastercard and Visa cut ties with Pornhub in December, it was abrupt but unsurprising. The banking and payments industries have had a long and conflicted history with adult content.
There’s an alarming gap between how small and large banks view the importance of digital engagement, according to a recent survey by Celent and Arizent.
Win or lose, Citibank’s battle to recover half a billion dollars from an accidental payment is sure to prompt a review of internal controls in the industry and could have a lasting impact on the more than $1 trillion syndicated loan market.
The central bank said banks could withstand as much as $600 billion in pandemic-related loan losses; Fidelity National and Global Payments aborted talks about a $70 billion merge.
