Judy Long, president of First Citizens National Bank in Dyersburg, Tenn., launched the Smart Women financial literacy program after seeing female customers struggle with managing their finances.

The Ohio regional will start offering advisory services to professional athletes after it buys Franklin Street Partners.

Seth Frotman, whose student lending unit had been gutted in May, said the bureau's current leadership "has abandoned its duty to fairly and robustly enforce the law.”

The expanded credit access in its automated mortgage decisioning goes into effect in mid September.

Small increases in commercial real estate loan volumes, particularly at midsize banks, may be indicators that the sector has weathered the worst of the pandemic. Construction loan originations, which tend to fall sharply during a recession, are leading the way.

Steven Schnall, the New York community development financial institution's founder and CEO, discusses its plans to let customers buy and sell bitcoin through their bank accounts, use a ring to make debit card purchases and have a better shot at a home loan.

The OCC's new Vital Signs initiative gives bankers an important tool to help them assess the financial health and stability of their customers, and to help them build a strong foundation for the future.

The focus should be on the millions of Americans whose credit reports contain serious errors, and who are increasingly desperate for relief.

With the line between banks and fintechs growing ever blurrier, financial services supervisors ought to consider adjusting regulation to fit the kinds of activity an institution is engaged in.