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Calls are getting louder for the crypto firms to be regulated the way banks are. Here's why Circle, Paxos and Gemini, top issuers of the increasingly popular digital dollars, say they welcome new rules.

Commercial borrowers are leaning more often on alternative lenders that provide better speed and flexibility. At the same time, some banks are turning their backs on what has long been a bread-and-butter business.

The Onondaga, New York-based buyer agreed to pay $82.8 million for Elmira Savings Bank.

The acquisition of Sabal Capital Partners, which has been growing its footprint in commercial mortgage-backed securities lending, will help the Alabama bank build out its capital markets business.

Venture capital firms are pouring money into startups whose data-crunching technology — including machine-learning systems that predict funds availability — speed payments and inform credit decisions in e-commerce.

Online lenders are a fast-growing sector of the financial system that hardly existed when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created. The bureau should hold fintech lenders to the same standards as banks to eliminate a blind spot in supervision.

The U.K. challenger bank rescinded its application to become a U.S. bank after pandemic-driven losses.

The levy targets large financial institutions as a source of revenue. Industry groups argued that it discriminates against out-of-state banks, but the Washington Supreme Court disagreed.

The tech company has abandoned plans to offer checking accounts in partnership with banks and will instead focus on being a technology provider for them. Citigroup says it will press ahead with aspects of the digital banking project on its own.

Bank of America’s online-banking platform went down for several hours Friday, leaving thousands of customers locked out of their accounts before service was restored.