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The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit involving one of the nation's largest debt buyers. At issue is how much detail the industry must disclose about what consumers allegedly owe.

The Federal Reserve will roll out its much-anticipated instant payments system, known as FedNow, in the middle of next year. Yet many questions remain about who it will serve, how it will work and how quickly community banks will buy in to it.

Goldman Sachs Group is tapping the former No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund and veteran of the Trump administration's trade wars with China to strengthen its ties with international governments.

Customers can use the company's application programming interfaces to set up automatic bill payments and donations, block transactions that would break their budget, and more.

The Charlotte, North Carolina, bank is one of several that have embedded automated investing in their online and mobile banking, alongside access to human advisors.

SRP Federal Credit Union in North Augusta named Eric Jenkins as the organization's next leader, effective Sept. 1. He will succeed current interim president Woody Shuler, who has led the $1.7 billion-asset credit union since November, 2020.

10 things to know in August: Community banks are partnering with smaller core providers for tech overhauls, Bread's outage leads to a consumer uproar and more.

The move comes amid dwindling advances and a growing concern that the Home Loan banks are participating in riskier investments.

Flow Traders and Hudson River Trading have backed Sei Labs, a crypto startup founded by Goldman Sachs and Robinhood Markets veterans that is developing a blockchain aimed at speeding up decentralized finance transactions.

This week in global news, Afterpay makes way for Block's Cash App, Singapore plots a crypto crackdown, U.K. calls for fintech deregulation, and more.