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GoHenry, one of many digital banks for kids and teens in the U.S., is based in London but is broadening its European presence with the acquisition of the French fintech Pixpay.

Anne Balcer, formerly of Forbright Bank, will take on the role previously held by Karen Thomas, whose retirement was announced last month.

In the past day, Celsius repaid about $78.1 million worth of USDC stablecoin to the lending platform Aave, according to Etherscan. It also repaid $35 million worth of the stablecoin DAI on the Compound platform. 

Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf hired Mike Weinbach in 2020 as part of a broader organizational shake-up. The former JPMorgan Chase executive is leaving in mid-September as the consumer lending group transitions to a new leader.

Klarna Bank, which advertises itself as a way to spread the cost of the latest brands and smartphones, is shelling out loans for milk and gas with cash-strapped customers looking for ways to cover basic necessities.

Kristiane Koontz at Zions and Neal Shah at Regions explained how they are coping with the many challenges of rebuilding the technology foundations of their banks at American Banker's Digital Banking Conference.

Fears of a recession abound, but payment and other financial technology companies that can address pressing business challenges will draw funding, according to venture capital investors.

The Nashville bank has recruited a veteran commercial lender in Asheville who had worked with First Horizon, and it has hired four more bankers in Chattanooga.

Bank regulators are pushing large regional banks to have more definitive resolvability plans as part of their merger review, but some observers say those requirements are effectively new capital requirements by other means.

The agency’s mission is popular with the public, which has a long memory when it comes to the past misdeeds of the banking industry.