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The agency launched a review to gauge whether the regulation requiring consumers to opt in to overdraft protection “should be amended or rescinded” to minimize the effects on smaller financial institutions.

Apple’s aggressive posture when it makes moves in retail and payments has drawn a lot of pushback and controversy, but its setback in the Supreme Court could be the most dire threat yet to the growth of Apple Pay.

The ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee says he wants answers from the Financial Stability Oversight Council on efforts to address corporate debt risks.

Bitcoin jumped to almost $8,000 and didn’t look back, as its longest winning streak since 2013 continued to rekindle the global cryptocurrency market.

Manuel Alvarez, who became commissioner of the Department of Business Oversight on Monday, is the former general counsel and chief compliance officer at the online lender Affirm.

The U.S. government stepped up collections on delinquent student debt to $2.9 billion last year — or an average of $1,000 from 2.9 million former students and their cosigners, according to the Treasury Department.

Earlier this year Joe Christian was named to lead the Albuquerque, N.M.-based institution on an interim basis after its previous CEO resigned.

Some banks have backed away from the technology, but Northern Trust, State Street and JPMorgan Chase are among those actively working on blockchain projects.

New legislation in Iowa that allows banks and credit unions to use electronic notaries could help local lenders compete with online competitors.

Rodney Hood, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration board, will testify later this week before a Senate committee with CECL as a likely topic.