The Navy has told members not to use the virtual agent from China, and Congress is trying to forbid it among all government workers amid concerns about security.

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The credit bureau's $638 million deal to buy the ID verification firm is its second M&A agreement in a little over a month to broaden its line of products and services that help customers combat fraudsters and identity thieves.

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The Kansas City, Missouri-based bank completed its first bank acquisition in 12 years on New Year's Day. Now it's focused on retaining and growing FineMark Holdings' high-net-worth clients in markets such as Southwest Florida, South Carolina and Arizona.

CFPB consumer complaints

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's complaint portal has been flooded in recent years, but corporate debt collectors, industry attorneys and consumer advocates question whether the bureau's efforts to reduce the volume will help consumers as much as it helps the firms they're complaining about.

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Federal bank enforcement actions have dropped sharply since the start of the second Trump administration, but experts' views vary about whether less enforcement will result in a buildup of risk in the financial system.

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Billy Beale, who was hired to clean up Virginia-based Blue Ridge Bankshares after its failed foray with fintechs, has left the $2.4 billion-asset company. His successor is Harry Golliday, who was named interim CEO.