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A group of Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote to regulatory agencies urging them to complete capital rules, just as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested bank deregulation has gone too far.

The Federal Reserve and Treasury Department fined the San Francisco-based bank for allegedly helping a foreign bank skirt sanctions on more than half a billion in transactions between 2010 and 2015.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu urged the banking industry to not let safety and soundness concerns overshadow fairness in banking, which he said is an equally crucial aspect of market stability.

Greenlight, developer of a digital banking app for kids and parents, launched a B2B product for financial institutions. Morgan Stanley and WaFd Bank are early partners.

Questions about the durability of community banks' customer bases and funding costs could dominate first-quarter earnings calls following the downfalls of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has also proposed regulation to "level the playing field" in the equities market.

Yellen focused on the danger of "fire sales," where panic spurs investors to dump assets at prices below their fair value. Among the targets needing attention are non-bank financial intermediaries, from money-market funds and hedge funds to digital asset providers.

James Norris, who joined the Germantown-based credit union in 2010, will retire April 21.

Like bank and credit union branches, sit-down restaurants face rapid changes in consumer preferences, requiring a quick pivot to a growing range of digital service and checkout options.

The bailout of Silicon Valley Bank was an abdication of bank regulators' responsibility to see to it that market discipline effectively polices the banking industry.