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The U.S. Postal Service wants to help banks fight a rise in check scams by adding electronic locks and other security at mail collection sites, but the problem has many causes.

The Philadelphia bank's CEO says it will wait for a more favorable time to pursue a planned $125 million capital raise, while the leader of an activist group blasted the decision and announced the renewal of proxy and legal fights.

Michael Barr, the Federal Reserve's vice chair for supervision, fought back against criticisms by Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee that toughening capital requirements would be an overreaction to the recent banking crisis.

Nominating and confirming acting Comptroller Michael Hsu would solve a serious problem in a good way.

The bank is focusing on pre-seed companies that specialize in fintech or other forms of technology and have diverse founders.

Last year, just 31% of the bank's shareholders voted in favor of compensation packages for top executives. Support climbed to 89% this year after JPMorgan vowed not to make any more special one-time awards to Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon.

As fintechs struggle, the bank is introducing a line of credit and plans new installment lending products shortly after launching its buy now/pay later product on Amazon Pay.

The San Francisco bank agreed to a deal with its shareholders after allegedly making misleading statements about its progress in resolving regulatory problems. The agreement is the second-largest bank class-action settlement in history.

The debt ceiling is a law that can only end in disaster. Congress should replace it with a constitutional amendment that requires federal budgets to be balanced and passed on time.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike pilloried former Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker over his compensation package.