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Buy now/pay later lender Affirm hit profitability goals for its fiscal year 2025 and set aggressive guidance for fiscal 2026 ahead of Wall Street's estimates. Its stock soared more than 10% Friday.

The proposed Berkshire Hills-Brookline merger is expected to finalize on Sept. 1; Flagstar Financial has scheduled a special shareholders' meeting to simplify the bank's regulatory structure; former Credit Suisse executives agreed to settle a suit filed by shareholders claiming they failed to maintain adequate risk management; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Housing regulator Bill Pulte lodged more fraud allegations against Fed Governor Lisa Cook as she filed a temporary restraining order regarding attempts to remove her.

Online lenders are urging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to force banks to disclose all account closures to the agency, following an executive order earlier this month. 

In a letter Friday, U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., called on Pulte to address housing unaffordability instead of concentrating on efforts to destabilize the Federal Reserve.

Finastra is the latest bank tech provider to bring stablecoins to cross-border payments, which experts say is a way banks can use blockchain post-GENIUS Act.

The era of borrowers being able to shift assets into subsidiaries outside the reach of creditors is ending, as AI enables lenders to identify and preemptively block such strategies.

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller criticized his fellow Federal Open Market Committee members for not cutting interest rates in July, but said he is "hopeful" that easing monetary policy soon can keep the labor market from "deteriorating."

Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook's lawsuit against President Trump is challenging his move to remove her from office because allegations against her do not constitute "cause." How courts weigh in could dictate the future of the central bank's independence from the White House.

As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers are grappling with how to optimize their inventory and set prices amid higher tariffs. A new Wells Fargo report sheds light on how businesses are adapting.