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Relay Payments has signed a partnership with the operator of Pilot Flying J truck stops as it attempts to cut security risk by going digital.

Recent bank failures point to the need for banks to expand their customer base. That might require stepping outside your comfort zone.

A growing body of tools is making it easier to design and build consumer protections into payments products.

Bank regulators rolled out two joint proposals this month as part of a broader push to address discrimination in home valuations. Advocates see promise, but appraisers fear the changes could artificially inflate valuations.

Bank of America is also planning to expand into Madison, Wisconsin; Boise, Idaho; and Birmingham, Alabama, a company executive said. The goal is to find growth opportunities that don't require operating a large number of branches, the executive indicated.

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., said that he has an "open door" for bipartisan rulemaking when it comes to the Republican crypto oversight bill.

CEO Curtis Farmer said the warehouse sector, where Comerica provides lines of credit to mortgage banking companies, has not been providing much help as the company seeks to bolster deposits.

Lawmakers questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on concerns including bank consolidation, the systemic risk exception and the need for regulation of cryptocurrency during Tuesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing. During the hearing lawmakers highlighted gaps they see in post 2008 financial regulations at a time when they say big banks wield growing influence on the system.

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, lambasted the Federal Reserve for increasing the dominance of "too big to fail" banks and failing to rein in systemic risk. He asked whether the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a better regulator than the Fed.

Just as the United States is getting good news in its war against inflation, the picture is very different across the pond. Some of that is bad luck, but there are lessons on what not to do as well.