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Mortgage lenders have much riding on a yearslong effort to overhaul a program that requires homeowners to hold policies in flood-prone areas. A congressional panel meeting to discuss the issue was once again split between lawmakers from storm-threatened states and those concerned about government costs.

The agency said it will reconsider the controversial regulation to reform the Community Reinvestment Act, and allow banks to halt efforts to comply with key provisions of the framework.

The biggest U.S. banks criticized a pair of proposals designed to help consumers who don’t use their services.

The feature prints users' preferred name on credit and debit cards, and is live in the U.S. with Citigroup, BMO Harris and Superbia Credit Union.

Share buyback programs, shelved by many banks last year amid pressure from regulators to preserve capital, are back in vogue, with three dozen banks announcing such plans in April alone.

The Springfield, Virginia, credit union named Scott Benson, its chief operating officer, to succeed Lynette Smith as chief executive.

The move follows four years of pay increases that brought the company’s minimum wage to an hourly $20 in 2020 from $15.

The consumer and community banking unit of the nation's largest bank will be run by Jennifer Piepszak and Marianne Lake, two would-be contenders for the CEO role when Jamie Dimon retires. The company also named a new chief financial officer.

DailyPay has raised $500 million and is adding Carrick Capital Partners to its board of directors as it seeks to expand beyond earned wage access.

Instead of injecting cash into Commonwealth National Bank, Regions Bank is taking a more targeted approach: providing funding for the community development financial institution to hire a commercial banker.