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JPMorgan Chase is preparing to pay roughly $200 million to resolve U.S. regulatory investigations into lapses over monitoring employee communications.

The Atlanta bank said the deal will accelerate its small-business and commercial and industrial lending while expanding its presence in point-of-sale financing.

A few changes to underwriting rules could result in a huge opportunity for both lenders and minority women who own businesses.

Citigroup and Macy’s renewed their longtime credit card partnership after the two spent months renegotiating the terms of the agreement.

The $6.7 billion-asset Byline Bancorp plans to invest most of the savings into digital banking.

Credit Suisse Group named Francesco De Ferrari to head its global wealth business and appointed new heads for the Americas and Switzerland, as the bank reorganizes after one of its most difficult years since the financial crisis.

The financial technology firm Chime said customers can now deposit cash at more than 8,500 Walgreens Boots Alliance locations, another example of nonbanks pushing deeper into consumer finance.

A new survey of industry executives finds substantial interest in cryptocurrencies and mergers but anxiety about competition from large technology companies.

For the third time since the start of the pandemic, the Richmond, Virginia, company will close branches to contain costs in what it calls a “challenging macroeconomic environment.”

If the Democratic majority on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s board succeeds in advancing a review of bank merger policy — over the disapproval of Chair Jelena McWilliams — progressive regulators could be emboldened to push for more substantive reforms.