Crypto just took a big step closer to becoming integrated into the mainstream financial system. Kraken’s banking unit has won access to the Federal Reserve’s core payment systems, making it the first ...

Stablecoins that offer interest-bearing rewards may increasingly resemble bank deposits. But unlike traditional deposits, they lack the regulatory safeguards that undergird the banking system. That ...

GABORONE, January 26, 2026 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Botswana Health Emergency Preparedness, Response and Resilience (HEPRR) Project, which will support the ...

As lawmakers work to unify crypto and traditional finance under one rulebook, U.S. banks are pressing Congress to narrow how digital dollars earn returns and how financial data gets shared. The ...

MUMBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India on Friday unveiled measures to inject more than $23 billion liquidity into the banking system through a combination of bond purchases, buy/sell FX ...

Columbia Banking System Inc (NASDAQ: COLB) reported upbeat earnings for the fourth quarter on Thursday. The company posted quarterly earnings of 82 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus ...

Seda projected a net interest margin for Q1 2026 in the range of 3.90% to 3.95%, stating: "After bottoming out in the first quarter, we expect net interest margin to trend higher each quarter ...

Jeremy Barnum told JPMorgan shareholders that yield-bearing stablecoins risk creating a parallel banking system without the safeguards of traditional regulation. Stablecoins emerged as a topic during ...

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has recently reported the key issues that are now said to be facing the US federal banking system in the Semiannual Risk Perspective for Fall 2025.

Crypto policy is shifting from talk to implementation as the OCC, FDIC and Federal Reserve begin to sketch a regulatory perimeter for stablecoins and tokenized deposits in the U.S., Bank of America ...

The Bank of England’s £431m project to replace its core IT system achieved value for money and demonstrated good digital transformation practice, the National Audit Office (NAO) has said. According to ...