BECU has become the first credit union in the Seattle area to make Small Business Administration (SBA) loans available to Washington state business owners. BECU will offer the traditional 7(a), Express and 504 program products available from the US SBA. BECU began offering small business services at two Credit Union Express Service Center locations in Puyallup and Greenwood.
The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $4.5 million fine against Voxbeam Telecommunications, which it accused of facilitating fraud scams. Many of the calls spoofed phone numbers belonging to American banks.
New jobs in health care largely drove the gains, while the federal workforce and finance continued to shrink.
The Cincinnati bank's Newline business is now its fastest growing commercial payments segment.
After French authorities stopped a bomb plot against a Bank of America office in Paris, security experts warned banks to step up their preparations for terror attacks.
The largest crypto theft of 2026 hit Drift Protocol after attackers exploited a small security council, putting a spotlight on DeFi vulnerabilities.
The cryptocurrency exchange is the latest digital asset firm to receive a trust bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
