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The proposal calls for a 20-year mortgage with Ginnie Mae and Treasury participation, but critics suggest that other measures would be more effective in bridging the gap in home equity.

U.S. Bancorp, M&T Bank, Citizens Financial are among the regionals that are buying smaller competitors in an effort to achieve greater scale.

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Robert Kaplan cited his desire “to eliminate any distractions” at the central bank just hours after his Boston Fed counterpart, Eric Rosengren, said he will leave earlier than planned because of a health issue. They had engaged in stock transactions that drew criticism in light of their knowledge about the Fed's pandemic response.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may investigate cryptocurrency providers for mistreating customers, but the agency’s supposed interest in the burgeoning sector is reviving a debate about the CFPB’s authority.

Chief Information Officer Scott Case and his staff are building patent-pending technology to transfer data from legacy BB&T and SunTrust systems to new digital channels while preserving the best of each company's platforms elsewhere.

Wells Fargo reached a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over claims it overcharged commercial customers who used the bank’s foreign exchange services.

Banks should be careful not to overreact to the pandemic recession and assume that the public is willing to forgo personal service. More than 40% of consumers say having a branch nearby is their primary reason for picking a bank.

The tech giant's high-stakes court battle with Epic Games over App Store checkout pricing has gotten most of the attention. But its policies are also facing scrutiny in the U.K., Japan, Australia and elsewhere.

Eric Rosengren, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's president for 14 years, has been on a waiting list for an organ transplant since last year, the bank said in an email.

Genesis Bank, the second minority depository institution aimed at multiple demographic groups, says loan demand has far exceeded expectations and that it will seek additional capital to meet the credit of needs Asian, Black and Hispanic consumers in Southern California.