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September 26, 2025
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Recent research reveals banks with greater AI usage offered lower interest rates and experienced fewer instances of default.
The FBI is warning that scammers are spoofing the website of the agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, to trick consumers into turning over financial information.
We are entering a new era of financial innovation driven by tokenization. Tokenized money market funds, tokenized real estate and tokenization of real-world assets are rapidly gaining attention. And now there is talk about tokenized deposits. But are these two digital assets the same? What are their key differences and similarities? What do they mean for customers and banks?
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Orion
When the rules of the road that apply to banks do not apply the same way to nonbank service providers.
As Treasury continues to prioritize combating the illegal production and trafficking of fentanyl, public-private partnerships are vital.
Financial technology firms and mega-retailers are trying to trick the public about access to their own consumer financial information so the companies can profit from charging for access to that same data, ABA’s Ryan Miller wrote in a new op-ed for American Banker.
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The ABA responded to a request for information from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency regarding potential actions to address payments fraud. According to ABA, "the growing prevalence and sophistication of fraud in today’s financial ecosystem underscore the urgency of this inquiry and the need for coordinated efforts" among the OCC, the Treasury, the Federal Reserve and FDIC.
In four recent comment letters, the ABA urged the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to maintain robust supervision of nonbanks in the markets for automobile lending, consumer reporting, third-party debt collection and international remittance transfers.
Banks are working every day to protect their customers from fraud, but they cannot stop criminals by themselves, said Paul Benda, EVP of risk, fraud and cybersecurity at the ABA, during a congressional hearing on financial fraud.
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Protecht Group
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is proposing to push back the effective date of its investor adviser rule by two years, which comes after the agency temporarily exempted investor advisers from complying with the regulation.
The ABA and Bank Policy Institute are urging the FDIC to stay the pending compliance date for its revised signage rules after the agency announced plans to make further changes to the requirements.
The ABA and the National Consumer Law Center sent a joint letter asking the Federal Communications Commission to initiate rulemaking to revisit three provisions in its 2024 order on revocation of consent. ABA has previously said that the provisions, if not revised or rescinded, could effectively require banks to cease sending communications — including fraud alerts — to certain customers.
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Training

September 29
Webinar: Quantum Safe Financial Services: Practical Steps for PQC Migration

October 1
Webinar: Agentic AI – A New Era in AML Compliance

October 7
Webinar: How to Help Your Customers Avoid Imposter Scams

October 14 - 16
Conference: Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference
Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA

October 15
Webinar: 2025 Regulatory Updates and Compliance Challenges – Part 4

October 19 - 21
Conference: Annual Convention
Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC

October 22
Webinar: Domain Security: Protect Your Bank and Customers With .Bank

October 27
Facilitated Training: ABA AI in Banking Workshop

November 7
Webinar: Reducing Risk: Synthetic Risk Transfers