Banks are experimenting with apps and mobile features that are available to everyone as they search for new ways to connect with potential customers.

Although intended to protect investors from market volatility, a decision by Betterment to temporarily suspend trading the morning after the British referendum has the wealth management industry wondering aloud if the robo-adviser harmed its reputation instead.

Huntington Bancshares named FirstMerit executive Sandra Pierce as senior vice president of its private-client group. Pierce will report to CEO Stephen Steinour and oversee the lender's wealth management, private bank, national settlements and retirement businesses.

Tenants have threatened to suspend payments during the pandemic to pressure officials into providing rental assistance, but the effects on multifamily loans would compound concerns about servicers' liquidity and, ultimately, lenders' performance.

The National Credit Union Administration this week will consider an interim final rule regarding its Central Liquidity Facility and changes to real estate appraisal requirements.

In blue states in particular, governors and attorneys general are taking up the mantle of consumer protection during the coronavirus emergency, effectively adding another layer of regulation to the patchwork of state and federal oversight.

If capital requirements are increased, they must be constructed in a way that doesn't unduly burden smaller banks and their fintech partners.

Many of the fees that the agency derides as unnecessary are funds owed to medical practices, homebuilders and educational institutions.

The regulatory overhaul for large and midsized banks could lead to stronger pressure for those banks to merge in the coming years while leaving smaller banks less competitive — and arguably less stable.