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The White House's firing of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria sparked immediate speculation about who will run the agency and help chart the future of the two mortgage giants. Potential nominees include ex-Obama administration officials, congressional staffers and members of the Biden transition team.

The company angered hundreds of customers when its software flagged their accounts as suspicious and suddenly cut them off, according to a ProPublica report. The episode illustrates the challenge shared by fintechs and banks of rooting out scammers without being overzealous.

The Purchase, New York, credit union named Jeffrey Pachter as its next CEO. He succeeds Bruno Sementilli, who is retiring next year.

Parker will take over for Tim Collia, who steps down after 19 years at the helm of the New Hampshire organization.

Sam Susser, who built a family business of more than 630 convenience stores in the state, thinks he can find similar success in community banking by courting small commercial clients that larger rivals have outgrown.

Shoppers surveyed in the U.S., U.K. and Australia cited concerns about debt and fees, along with a general lack of knowledge about how installment loans work, as reasons for their skepticism.

The payments technology provider is adding a handprint biometric digital ID to its authentication system through a partnership with the French fintech A3BC.

The issues associated with environmental, social and governance policies cut across all the traditional concepts of risk facing bank executives and will endure for years.

The fintech company Wise rose in its debut following a direct listing on the London Stock Exchange, in the largest such deal ever, bolstering Brexit Britain’s capital-market hopes.

The chief operating officer now oversees numerous divisions at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. But as part of a reorganization, the COO’s position is being eliminated and several units will come under the direct authority of the comptroller.