There's no reason that today's millennial-friendly microinvesting apps can't switch focus from spare change to real assets, industry executives warn.

The technology platform powerhouse is betting on integration, but competitors eye disruption.

The credit unions are primarily in the eastern half of the country, with assets ranging from $11 million to nearly $7 billion.

The Michigan lender agreed in 2012 to pay $133 million to resolve civil fraud charges tied to government-backed mortgages. But the deal with the Justice Department came with a catch that eventually allowed Flagstar to pay far less.

Loan growth and wealth management revenue drove a 53% increase in the San Francisco bank's profit from a year earlier.

Nonbanks claimed more of the top slots based on loan volume, while the origination gains experienced by Hispanic, Black and Native American borrowers were weaker than those of other groups.

Part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mandate is to educate consumers by providing reliable information. With its credit card late fee "report" and the associated rulemaking, it has failed to live up to that responsibility.

Branch office deposit data is among the most confidential information at a bank, especially those with many branches. Why have regulators made this sensitive competitive data public for banks and thrifts annually for over 50 years but not for credit unions?

A "true" stablecoin would benefit the economy by improving the money supply, facilitating frictionless payments and lowering the cost of borrowing fiat currency.