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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.

Eric J. Spitler, adjunct professor of law at the University of North Carolina School of Law, served as director of legislative affairs for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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.