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Avi Perry, who led the Justice Department's probe into JPMorgan Chase's commodities activities that resulted in a $920 million settlement in 2020, is joining Quinn Emanual Urquhard & Sullivan as co-chair of the firm's securities litigation practice.

The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an alert Friday calling on financial institutions to closely monitor and report suspected financial activities related to Hamas, including complex cryptocurrency transactions and through fictitious charities.

The Federal Reserve Board and state regulators signed off on the $1 billion deal, paving the way for a late 2023 closing. The approvals were significant given that other large combinations have run into trouble.

The top five banks and thrifts have combined total deposits of nearly $7.5 trillion.

Three years removed from the Black Lives Matter protests, banks have not fulfilled their promises to help close the racial wealth gap.

Brazil's PIX network has sparked a venture-capital boom in an otherwise down economy, including interest from U.S. investors.

Months after acquiring credit card program management startup Power, Marqeta has introduced a service to embed credit offers within brand marketers' websites and applications.

Retailers fed up with interchange are trying numerous strategies to offset these costs, including piloting Pay by Bank use cases and even, in some cases, refusing to accept cards altogether.

Other regional banks are vowing to cut costs, but Huntington Bancshares CEO Steve Steinour says the Columbus, Ohio-based lender is well positioned to "play offense" in 2024.

The Federal Reserve released its semiannual financial stability report highlighting elevated asset values, funding issues and pockets of leverage as top concerns.

Mergers may be shrinking the overall number of credit unions, but they have provided valuable scale to those that remain.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra says that a recently proposed data-access rule would provide a competitive edge to small banks over their larger competitors.

The global clearinghouse inked the deal with Securrency as part of its push to expand the use of the emerging technology in capital markets.

JPMorgan Chase pilots Mastercard's open-banking tech for U.S. bill payment; Benson F. "Buzz" Roberts will retire at year-end as CEO of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders; and venture capital firms pour funds into bank vendors.

The New York State Department of Financial Services and the Federal Reserve Board penalized Metropolitan Commercial Bank for failing to prevent $300 million in fraud in a prepaid card program. It is the latest example of a bank being sanctioned in connection with rampant fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic.