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Making it easier for consumers to switch between competing banks will increase competition, resulting in major benefits for account holders.

Understanding how a new generation of employees learn and retain information is key to a successful talent development program.

The number of businesses shifting to an employee ownership model has ballooned in recent years, and experts say that trend is likely to accelerate. That could have important implications for banks aiding that transition and for the future of small business lending.

EWA programs are not loans, no matter how loudly critics insist that they are. They provide a vital source of liquidity to hardworking families.

Banks cannot shrug off the impact of sudden account closures as inevitable collateral damage involved in fighting money laundering.

The proposal's plan for addressing securities financing transactions will lead to negative unintended consequences for multiple financial entities.

The CFPB needs to think bigger — much bigger — when it comes to writing rules for Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

The process allows artificial intelligence and machine learning to train on the data of many banks, without compromising customer privacy.

The banks' resistance to changes being recommended by the Federal Housing Finance Agency do not bode well for their future or that of the industry.

States need to think twice about allowing earned wage advance programs. They look increasingly like predatory lending.