Black and Hispanic owners of one-person businesses are more likely to be discouraged from applying for financing, and they’re less likely to receive financing when they do apply for it, than their white counterparts, according to a new report from the New York Fed.

Indiana Members Credit Union will pay cash for Commerce Bank.

Regulatory sandboxes can create a lot of opportunity for the winners but inadvertently put losers at a competitive disadvantage.

The Iowa company will pay QCR Holdings about $59 million for Rockland Bank and Trust.

Changing consumer attitudes about these companies and the emergence of open banking have made them appealing to venture investors, whose commitments rose 15% in the first half of the year.

Keeping up with changing technology can be difficult but institutions are making investments in ITMs, new lending platforms and more.

Acquiring the Nebraska bank would give CIT Group access to billions of low-cost deposits to fuel a go-it-alone growth plan. CEO Ellen Alemany says it could also make her company "more valuable" to potential buyers if it ever wants to sell.

The San Francisco-based fintech is using JPMorgan Chase’s real-time payments service to power the new overdraft prevention tool.

The technology can help banks get the most out of the vast amounts of information at their disposal.