Once afraid to use her voice, the Barnard College freshman and Young Women's Scholarship Award winner proves that leaders come in many forms.

"Right now, we are seeing nothing but stability," Visa CEO Al Kelly said. But the card network is hedging its bets against a broad downturn by diversifying its opportunities and accelerating new use cases and markets for direct debit payments.

Refining internal processes and reassessing daily workflows is more important than ever at a time when bankers are frequently asked to do more with less.

The green light from the central bank is the latest in a series of approvals of billion-dollar bank mergers. However, the Columbia-Umpqua deal is still waiting on a thumbs-up from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The Indiana company reported strong growth in profits and loan income, and it hopes its addition of more than two dozen wealth management and commercial banking specialists will help beef up what one analyst called "softer than expected" noninterest income.

The Young Women's Leadership Award winner and aspiring architect organizes others to advocate for the environment and human rights.

The bank is adding forecasting to its Intelligent Receivables product, which uses artificial intelligence to match business customers' incoming cash to open invoices.

The rate of unbanked consumers declined to its lowest point since the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. began its biennial survey in 2009.

Loans at the Utah bank increased 6% in the third quarter. Executives said a darkening economic forecast could lower that figure.

CEO Rob Holmes says that much of the Dallas company's increased spending is now in the past. But meeting the bank's targets is "a complete show-me story," one analyst said.

The bank is using Google Assistant technology to power its virtual assistant, Fargo, according to Michelle Moore, head of digital at Wells.

A New Hampshire bank recently rolled out the nation's first biodegradable debit cards, Bank of America next year will begin making all credit and debit cards more environmentally friendly and one of the biggest global card manufacturers vows to eliminate all traditional plastic cards by 2030.

The bank is enabling early access to direct deposits, an alternative to earned wage access products that are becoming more popular with economic stress on the rise.

Attorneys general from 19 states issued subpoenas to six large banks seeking information about their climate policies. They say they're seeking to hold banks accountable for the fairness of their ESG policies to fossil-fuel companies, but others call it intimidation.

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The addition of investment bank Capstone Partners and the wider geographic footprint that resulted from the acquisition of TCF Financial helped drive a 58% increase in net income during the third quarter.

A big settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and recent changes to overdraft policies by the Alabama company helped drive down its third-quarter profits by 34%.