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A rule change that allows farms with just one employee tap the Paycheck Protection Program means more pandemic relief funds are flowing into such states as Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and North Dakota.

City National Bank is working with the fintech startup Extend to further boost contactless payments at the point of sale for business employees through the launch of a virtual Visa commercial credit card.

Initially created as a budgeting app, Charlie has added new features that help users visualize their debt and then chip away at balances. Eventually it hopes to add more banklike products.

The Indiana company, which had relied on internal processes that focused on large loans, has bought a suite of software tools to begin looking at relationships based on underlying risk.

The credit union regulator's first prohibitions of 2021 relate to misuse of member funds at institutions in Alaska and Florida.

The company wants to join in on the rush to develop stablecoins and central bank digital currencies, in part to show that it can still be a player in cutting-edge technologies after its merger deal with Plaid fell through.

Several financial tech companies that applied to become national banks are seeking exemptions from many provisions of the Community Reinvestment Act. A consumer advocacy group and the American Bankers Association say the OCC mustn't allow this.

The administration’s initiative to offer universal high-speed internet service is a chance for bankers to provide underserved households with access to online financial education and low-cost digital accounts.

With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic prompting more consumers to use contactless payments, the U.K.’s banks have lobbied for higher contactless payments limits, a move which could benefit the biometrics payments industry.

Donna Young, who has spent more than three decades at the Nashville-based credit union, succeeds Joe Spivey, who retired earlier this year.

The new name is the first major change since Dennis Zember became the company's CEO last year.

Allowing employees to work from home until the holiday will give Amex the chance to monitor the speed with which vaccines are distributed, CEO Stephen Squeri said in a memo to workers.

The Atlanta company joins a small list of banks that have sold loans to companies struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.

The chief bank supervisor says eurozone banks aren’t taking loan losses seriously enough; the German bank is planning to cut payroll by a third and close nearly half of its branches.

Daily edition for January 29, 2021.