For the 4th consecutive year, ICBA's Rebeca Romero Rainey has been recognized by Washingtonian 🌸 in the 500 Most Influential People feature, as part of the publication’s banking and finance list. Join us in celebrating 🎉 icba.org/newsroom/news-…

BREAKING: Foreign investors have sold $22 billion of US stocks so far in April, according to Goldman Sachs. This follows a whopping $41 billion sold in March, the most in at least a year. High-frequency fund flow data suggests that the biggest sellers have been European

11.1% of active credit card accounts are currently ONLY making the minimum payment, the most in history 🚨 Probably Fine? 🤔

BREAKING: The number of unsold completed single-family homes jumped 31,000 year-over-year in March, to 119,000, the highest since July 2009. Unsold completed homes for sale have TRIPLED over the last 3 years. As a share of housing starts, unsold homes jumped to ~12%, the

Policymakers should ensure that the nation's Federal Home Loan Banks—which enable community banks to efficiently support housing finance and community investment—continue to be a reliable source of liquidity for their member institutions says ICBA's Ron Haynie via American Banker:

Ask yourself this: Is your bank AI-resilient, or just asset-heavy? Because in the age of AI, agility beats size. Every. Single. Time.

Thrilled to have John Heltman and Kate Berry on the pod to talk about Trump vs. Powell, the CFPB on the line and more! Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ban… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3aoGFx…

BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Dollar U.S. Dollar Purchasing Power Decline over the last 400 Years 🚨🚨🚨

Banking passwords stolen from Australians are being traded online by cybercriminals buff.ly/bKphHbl

Services Index from ⁦Dallas Fed⁩ fell to -19.4 in April … steep decline from prior month’s -11.3; employment fell further into contraction, outlook uncertainty spiked, and input prices moved higher (again)

Artificial intelligence roles the ‘only safe jobs in banking’ World’s biggest banks have increased the number of employees working with artificial intelligence by 13% in the past six months buff.ly/oJS7xf4 | ComputerWeekly

April ADP payrolls +62k vs. 115k est. & 147k prior (rev down from 155k)

Net exports subtracted 4.83 percentage points from GDP in the first quarter … that is the largest negative contribution on record

GOP Student Loan Overhaul Puts Limits on Borrowing - pymnts.com/debt/2025/gop-…

PayPal Details Agentic Commerce Initiatives and Strategic Focus on Value-Added Services - pymnts.com/earnings/2025/…

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March pending home sales +6.1% month/month vs. +1.0% est. & +2.1% prior…largest increase since December 2023

Market now pricing four Fed rate cuts this year

Citizens CFO heads to State Street bankingdive.com/news/citizens-… via Banking Dive

The ‘joiner’ era of bank M&A has begun bankingdive.com/news/capital-o… via Banking Dive