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Companies such as Visa and Mastercard, as well as banks and retailers, are stepping up their investments in artificial intelligence to reach small businesses and spot new uses.

A new rule allowing people with long-ago criminal convictions to find employment at credit unions is good for both the industry and for society at large.

Trade groups, analysts and some regulators want more data on how various regulatory changes and proposals would impact the banking sector in totality. But regulatory agencies have yet to take on such a project and private sector groups say the task is beyond their capabilities.

Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of a massive fraud that led to the collapse of his FTX exchange, following a monthlong trial.

The lawsuit by state Attorney General Keith Ellison is the latest challenge to high-cost loans by tribal lenders. The lenders argue that tribal sovereignty gives them immunity from such lawsuits.

Consumer appetites for new loans have slowed in the face of record interest rates, but Sunlight Federal Credit Union's partnership with Avana CUSO helps identify commercial real estate opportunities in markets both local and national.

Financing buyouts with "payment-in-kind" loans can preserve cash, but cost more; banks are losing out to private lenders on some of these deals.

Regulators are looking into practices within JPMorgan's securities arm and investigating parts of its trading operations, according to a regulatory filing by America's largest bank.

The JPMorgan Chase chief says Texas risks undermining its business-friendly reputation with laws designed to punish Wall Street banks for policies that limit work with the gun and fossil-fuel industries.

Achieva Credit Union, which previously bought two community banks, is furthering its growth through the acquisition of an insurance company.