James Herbert, 72, has once again postponed retirement. The longtime CEO was scheduled to step down at yearend, but the company says he will remain at the helm through 2020.

Banks have warmed up to digital wealth management tools but will need to use their human advisers, too, to beat fintechs.

Wells Fargo is piloting features that could help customers boost savings or plan for a trip.

The housing agency's prior permanent chief, Brian Montgomery, left the position after he was tapped to become deputy HUD secretary.

The enhanced jobless benefits in the coronavirus relief law enacted in March helped limit delinquencies and maintain consumer spending, analysts say. In their follow-up stimulus plan, Senate Republicans want to cut those benefits from $600 to $200 a week.

The company's second-quarter net income was $116 million, with mortgage banking revenue of $239 million.

States need to think twice about allowing earned wage advance programs. They look increasingly like predatory lending.

Allegations of lending discrimination against Navy Federal Credit Union, while as yet unproven, suggest that the rationale for giving credit unions substantial advantages over banks needs to be rethought.

Federal banking agencies should disregard a demand by state attorneys general that national banks be instructed to provide investigators with bank records outside of a court proceeding.