Small-business owners need more help from financial services companies when it comes to making major decisions about their companies' future.

Rising interest rates on loans, greater borrowing and higher fees on deposit accounts all contributed to the increase. "Altogether, this paints a picture of debt that could really start to strain the checkbooks of American families," said Meghan Greene, a researcher at the nonprofit organization that authored the report.

The legislation has support among Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the chamber.

The online game, CoastalWorld, introduces players to the bank's fintech and neobank partners.

A former employee of The Change Company, which is the largest non-traditional mortgage lender in the U.S., claims in a new lawsuit that the firm mischaracterized the race, ethnicity and income of its borrowers. The company says the allegations, which relate to the representations it makes to be certified as a community development financial institution, are meritless.

The firm's web services unit is applying hosted technology to parts of transactions that take place behind the scenes in an attempt to reach smaller merchant acquirers.

The bank's $4.6 billion commitment is smaller in size and shorter in duration than a previous plan. It also pledged $9 billion to sustainable finance initiatives over the next three years.

Longstanding factors such as the share of local deposits held by each bank will no longer be the main considerations in determining the competitive effects of a deal, said Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter. His speech was interpreted as a hint that banks seeking merger approvals could face tougher times ahead.

Trucking companies saw a boom during COVID as homebound consumers spent big on goods that needed to be shipped. Now comes the bust, with some firms going bankrupt or struggling to pay back their loans.

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and ranking member Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., will have to contend with members of their own parties who would prefer a more sweeping executive compensation clawback bill.

The American Bankers Association's Economic Advisory Committee said access to loans is likely to further soften, while defaults and credit losses could increase in the second half of the year.

California regulators are suggesting that programs that allow workers fee-free access to their earnings between pay periods should be treated as loan products. That's wrong and short-sighted.

Answers that used to take employees 15 minutes to find, they can now obtain in seconds using the enterprise version of ChatGPT.

Banks and credit unions have come out against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to cut credit card late fees to $8, saying that figure is too low to cover costs. Finding a more suitable number might save the bureau a lot of trouble.

Smith joined the bank in January after serving as president of Keller Home Financial Services and heading Citi's U.S. mortgage business.

NomuPay has acquired parts of the disgraced processor that could help it overcome the barriers of entry to the lucrative market.

Understanding the different aspects of new technologies and how they extend existing financial systems is essential for fostering a healthy relationship between banking and emerging innovations.

Decision-making algorithms powered by machine learning are seen as the next frontier for a more nuanced approach to mortgage decisions but skeptics worry this will just be a new way to discriminate.

The American Bankers Association's credit conditions index remained near historic lows despite a slight uptick in the most recent quarter. Pessimism pervaded the outlook for both business and consumer lending.