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QNB's proposed $41 million deal to acquire The Victory Bancorp in Limerick, Pennsylvania, is set to create a community bank with $2.4 billion of assets.

The operation washed checks stolen from USPS boxes and used "money mules" recruited on Instagram, causing financial and personal distress for victims.

The money transfer fintech expanded its Austin office 200% to 90,000 square feet as it looks toward accelerating growth in North America. The company also separately inked a new partnership with Upwork to add Wise Platform as an infrastructure provider for freelancer payouts.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a speech Tuesday that the central bank's policy stance is "modestly restrictive," a stance that will give the central bank flexibility to react to an uncertain economic future.

The credit score provider has developed "focused" language artificial intelligence models purpose-built for tasks like detecting payment fraud, assessing risk and recommending next best actions.

Students are collaborating with credit specialists at the lending platform to build agentic AI models for small business lending and for helping small business owners manage their finances.

Six class action lawsuits seek over $5 million after an insider accessed sensitive records.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said in a speech Tuesday that steeper interest rate cuts should be on the table if the labor market continues to show signs of decline.

Excluded from the stablecoin revolution by law, banks deserve the opportunity to participate in the evolution of digital finance. Regulatory clarity on the treatment of tokenized deposits is an essential first step.

A Small Business Administration policy enacted during the second Trump administration blocks not only people who are in the country illegally, but also legal temporary residents and even some U.S. citizens, from accessing government-guaranteed loans.