SoFi logo sign on headquarters facade. Social Finance is an online personal finance company - San Francisco, California, USA - 2020

The challenger bank in the third quarter launched Cash Coach, an AI-powered customer insights engine that helps consumers optimize earned interest in deposit accounts and minimize interest charges on credit cards. SoFi plans to roll out a "more comprehensive" SoFi Coach that incorporates all areas of financial services as part of its strategy to rival banks.

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Instead of sitting around waiting for the next cyberattack, banks are trying to get a little ahead — without breaking the law.

Julieann Thurlow, Reading Cooperative Bank

Reading Cooperative's combination with Wakefield Cooperative, the third deal involving Boston-area banks announced in the past month, would create a $1.2 billion community bank.

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In a relatively mild oversight hearing in the House Financial Services Committee Tuesday morning, regulatory heads at the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, National Credit Union Administration and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. outlined plans for reduced capital requirements and debanking enforcement.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its union filed legal briefs Friday after a district court judge asked if a preliminary injunction aimed at preventing a mass layoff is still in effect.