Lake Trust Credit Union in Brighton, Michigan, works with a development agency in Lansing to provide entrepreneurs with the financial and educational support they need to go it alone.

The regional bank is taking its core transformation slow and steady, starting with deposits, according to Jay Poole, head of consumer products technology.

As it pushes the boundaries of its Midwestern footprint, the Columbus, Ohio-based bank is on pace to book more than 6,000 7(a) loans in SBA's 2023 fiscal year, the biggest total in seven years.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., pressed the Financial Stability Oversight Council on the resurrection of its ability to designate nonbanks as systemically important.

For years, the Japanese-owned bank engaged in deception with respect to three different kinds of fees, regulators found. U.S. Bank inherited the liability when it acquired MUFG Union last year.

The Alabama bank, which has been sanctioned by regulators for its overdraft practices twice in the last eight years, joins several competitors that already offer a grace period to overdrawn customers.

Tony Macchi will be in charge of the Massachusetts community bank's ongoing digital transformation

The pro football league plans to borrow up to $78 million over the next three years from 16 financial institutions, most of which are Black-owned or Black-led. It follows the lead of Major League Soccer, which announced a similar plan last year.

The former presidential candidate shared his worst-case scenarios for artificial intelligence, as well as his opinions about bank chatbots and what he thinks of the U.S. political system, at American Banker's Digital Banking Conference.

Citizens Financial has teamed with Wisetack, which supports dozens of platforms connecting to thousands of home improvement, dental and veterinary service providers.

In a new survey, 38% of treasurers said they want to bump up their allocation to money market funds. Only 27% were looking to increase their bank deposits, highlighting the pressures the industry faces as it strives to hold onto customers' cash.

Both regional banks announced weaker guidance for net interest income than they had foreseen two months ago. The disclosures highlighted pressures that figure to take up a lot of the oxygen during second-quarter earnings season.

Relay Payments has signed a partnership with the operator of Pilot Flying J truck stops as it attempts to cut security risk by going digital.

Recent bank failures point to the need for banks to expand their customer base. That might require stepping outside your comfort zone.

Bank of America is also planning to expand into Madison, Wisconsin; Boise, Idaho; and Birmingham, Alabama, a company executive said. The goal is to find growth opportunities that don't require operating a large number of branches, the executive indicated.

CEO Curtis Farmer said the warehouse sector, where Comerica provides lines of credit to mortgage banking companies, has not been providing much help as the company seeks to bolster deposits.

Lawmakers questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on concerns including bank consolidation, the systemic risk exception and the need for regulation of cryptocurrency during Tuesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing. During the hearing lawmakers highlighted gaps they see in post 2008 financial regulations at a time when they say big banks wield growing influence on the system.

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, lambasted the Federal Reserve for increasing the dominance of "too big to fail" banks and failing to rein in systemic risk. He asked whether the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a better regulator than the Fed.

Just as the United States is getting good news in its war against inflation, the picture is very different across the pond. Some of that is bad luck, but there are lessons on what not to do as well.

Michelle Moore, head of consumer digital at Wells Fargo, uses three principles to try to create user interfaces customers will come back to.