Presidential candidates seek out Wall Street support; Truist suffers a data breach

Presidential candidates seek out Wall Street support; Truist suffers a data breach

Trump and Biden court Wall Street with very different visions: Bankers still mostly back Republicans, according to Federal Elections Commission data, but the Biden administration is centering its pitch for support on the economy, regulatory stability and promising higher taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

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Washington, D.C.-based City First Bank is one of 75 CDFI and MDI banks participating in a new program aimed at sourcing institutional deposits in mission-based financial institutions.

Program aims to bridge mission-based banks' deposit gap

IntraFi has joined two banking industry trade groups spearheading an effort to source large institutional deposits at small, cash-starved CDFI and MDI banks.

Read more: How a Mississippi credit union attracted $8 million in new deposits

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said during a Federal Open Market Committee press conference that the central bank must control inflation to keep the housing market from becoming even tighter, but experts say there are things the agency could do besides cutting interest rates that might lower housing costs. Photo credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Is the Fed's tough love approach to housing too tough?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says crushing inflation is the most important thing the Fed can do to reduce costs in the housing market. Some economists and policy specialists say higher rates are not the only tool at its disposal.

Read more: Fed hits Synapse partner Evolve Bank with cease-and-desist order

The threat actor Sp1d3r posted an ad for data it says it stole from Truist. Photo credit: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

Truist suffers data breach, hackers claim it affects 65,000 employees

The threat actor Sp1d3r posted an ad for the stolen data on Wednesday. Truist said the October breach is not related to a campaign by the same criminal group.

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Visa's newest virtual card provisioning technology for governments enables organizations to send funds instantly to recipients' digital wallets. Photo credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Visa speeds aid to disaster victims with new government-payments app

The card network has developed a digital approach to delivering disbursements for disaster relief and other purposes via mobile devices, without requiring a separately downloaded app.


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