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Amplify Credit Union in Austin, Texas, started thinking about removing all banking fees two years ago. First, it had to overhaul its online account-opening process.

The bank’s Business Essentials platform offers digital accounting management to smaller commercial clients. It comes at a time when banks are hunting for sources of fee income.

The New York megabank has a long way to go on its path toward simplification of its business, but some early investments — such as technology upgrades in the treasury unit, which serves commercial customers — are starting to pay small dividends.

Like other mortgage lenders, the San Francisco megabank has been cutting staff since refinancing volumes started to fall. Additional layoffs are expected over the next couple of quarters, according to the bank’s chief financial officer.

Affirm Geeks up, Bankers Helping Bankers starts VC fund and more in banking news this week.

Expanding its support into digital assets will let users see a more complete financial picture in personal finance apps that use Plaid for data aggregation.

Some scrutinize quarterly reports for details that can help better compete against banks. Others are motivated by schadenfreude.

The Pittsburgh company expects a slowdown in 2023, but executives say they don't think it will prove severe or have an outsized impact on the banking industry.

The operators of a Texas payments firm with ties to the U.K. pleaded guilty in the U.S. to money laundering failures after their business facilitated the shipping of $160 million to Nigeria over about three years.

At a minimum, the court’s ruling will create confusion and invite endless litigation.

Public transit is recovering slowly from the pandemic, but ridership could increase if cities cater to a strong demand for contactless ticketing and digitized fare discounts, according to Visa.

Second-quarter profits fell 27% to $4.5 billion in what's shaping up as a tough quarter for many large banks. Yet investors responded favorably to Citigroup's unexpectedly large hauls from currencies, commodities and interest rates trading and its shuttling of corporate money over borders.

Regulators are poised to extract about $1 billion in fines from the five biggest U.S. investment banks for failing to monitor employees using unauthorized messaging apps.

Wells Fargo missed analysts’ earnings estimates as home lending slowed and the bank set aside more than expected for potentially soured loans as the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes started to cool the once-hot housing market.

Lawmakers and regulators alike appear increasingly unlikely to make significant progress in crypto policy before autumn, frustrating analysts and advocates alike.