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Restricting banking organizations’ lines of business would hurt their ability to compete in a constantly evolving financial system and to serve as sources of strength.

The value of digital currencies soared past $50 billion, raising concerns of a bubble; B of A plans to introduce AI-powered digital assistant this year.

As payments innovation expands and diversifies, retailers will need to find ways to deftly embed low-touch payments into omnichannel shopping.

President Trump’s aim to scale back financial regulations may make it easier for student loan borrowers to maintain federal class actions.

After garnering a record-breaking number of comments on its proposed rules for risk-based capital and field of membership, the response to NCUA's call for comments on alternative capital was rather tepid.

Compliance flexibility, state law harmonization and funding transparency requirements are among the regulatory steps that can encourage continued innovation.

The bank said it plans to cut $2 billion more from expenses over the next two years; Senate Banking Dems have questions about the choice of acting comptroller.

Digital wallets are maturing, meaning card plays will increasingly resemble Chase Sapphire, targeting a specific higher end demographic, writes Alyssa Arredondo, director of financial vertical marketing at Entrust Datacard.

Janet Yellen says our economic growth depends on closing the gender wage gap. Fidelity talks about fostering innovation and Wells Fargo improves its mobile app. Plus, a soccer story.

Without powers granted by the Dodd-Frank Act to unwind failing financial firms, a central and known problem that contributed to our last financial crisis would become a core problem of our next one.