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Citing issues that arose during this spring's bank failures, the central bank and other agencies urge depositories to ensure they are ready to borrow at a moment's notice.

Elon Musk's vision of an everything app that includes banking capabilities may not be what Americans are looking for, said Max Levchin, who co-founded PayPal with the world's richest man.

Large financial institutions have "meaningful but manageable" loan volumes to industries that are most likely to see declines in output and profit after climate-friendly regulations take hold, new research shows.

Dimon had taken a keen interest in PacWest since April, when the California lender became engulfed in the broader turmoil hitting regional banks.

Big Poppy Bancorp has applied to the Federal Reserve to acquire up to 24.99% of Summit State Bank. Both institutions are headquartered in Santa Rosa. Combining them would create the city's biggest bank.

Leslie Brock, chief of the AG's public finance division, sent a July 26 letter to lawyers who work on bond deals in Texas saying that officials are studying whether Wells Fargo has a practice or policy that "discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association." 

In her day-to-day job directing activities at the card network's Start Path accelerator, Sabrina Tharani helps nurture companies that are developing new payments products and services.

Business cards provide a tactile experience that digital forms of communication do not replicate. They offer a tangible reminder of a discussion, which can be far more memorable.

Centerbridge Partners and Warburg Pincus said they would invest $400 million in Banc of California in conjunction with its purchase of PacWest. The private equity injection was made possible through reverse accounting, which used Banc of California's balance sheet to value the transaction.

The Federal Reserve released its list of large bank capital requirements based on the results from this year's stress test. While overall capital obligations will decline, some firms will have to hold more capital.

The bank hasn't explained why person-to-person payments, bill processing and account-transfer services went down for parts of two days this week. But observers suspect glitches in its legacy systems could occur at other financial institutions and increasingly affect real-time payment networks.

Despite a sharp drop in spending and rising delinquencies during the second quarter, the issuer's stock rose on news of lower debt, rising deposits and a new private-label partnership with Dell Technologies.

The Hicksville, New York, company says its deposit base is stable and poised for growth four months after its acquisition of the failed Signature Bank, some of whose depositors fled to larger banks. Private bankers — including new hires from another failed bank, First Republic — are trying to win back lost deposits.

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Phillip Jefferson joined three other board members in supporting a notice of proposed rulemaking, but expressed concerns about the economic impact of the changes.

Mastercard has told payment processors and banks to stop allowing marijuana transactions on debit cards, in a blow to the struggling cannabis industry and a boon to transparency in the banking system.