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Leaders of the Bank Policy Institute and The Clearing House say their conferences are neither profit centers nor potential conflicts of interest for regulators in response to a recent BankThink piece that describes the meeting as an example of overly cozy relationships between banks and regulators.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his New York counterpart, Letitia James, urged the CEOs of Visa, Mastercard and American Express to create a merchant category code for guns and ammunition stores. They argued that "all options must be on the table to remedy" the "scourge of gun violence" in the United States.

Fiserv's fintech research venture, Block's Cash App enhancement and more in banking news this week.

The company told consumers they were pre-approved for credit cards. For some such offers, a third of applicants were denied, according to the FTC.

Amid flooding and a lack of drinking water, Regions Financial announced a slate of fee waivers and loan deferrals, alongside a donation to a local United Way. Cadence Bank is supplying fresh water to ensure it can keep its doors open.

The bank is looking to educate — and potentially hire — a new generation of tech experts by working with New Jersey's Liberty Science Center and two local high schools in areas where students are at higher risk of not graduating.

It remains to be seen what the capped price for Russian oil will be or whether the move will stabilize world energy prices.

Executives at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's London office kept a book full of "sexually suggestive comments" about women for a decade, in the latest employment tribunal case to shine a light on banking's sexist culture. 

The 117th Congress has been surprisingly kind to the banking industry as a whole so far. Can the trend last through the fall? 

A gathering in New York next week demonstrates the pay-to-play culture of high-end banking conferences.