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The former mortgage professionals say they routinely worked nights and weekends in excess of 60 hours a week.

The Ohio-based regional bank has laid out an ambitious expansion blueprint, including new health care asset-based lending, a Native American financial services unit and a push into commercial banking in North Carolina and South Carolina.

The remarks add to Dimon's long history of bashing digital currencies, which he has previously called "Ponzi schemes" and a "fraud."

The megabank, which is in the midst of a massive restructuring, will probably book "a couple of hundred million dollars" of restructuring charges in the fourth quarter, according to its chief financial officer.

The district judge upheld the state's regulations mandating that nonbanks disclose the annual percentage rate, finance charges and fees on financings of $500,000 or less.

The fireworks that traditionally accompany big bank CEOs' appearances in Congress were absent Wednesday, but instead executives pushed their opposition to the Basel III capital rules and its impact on the economy. 

Frustrated by its inability to overcome loan-servicing mistakes that triggered three separate regulatory consent orders, Discover Financial Services elected to sell its student loan business. "When we looked at it, we have perennial issues in our ability to service that portfolio," a top executive said.

The OCC advises banks to implement robust risk management strategies for BNPL lending, emphasizing transparent loan terms, fraud mitigation and compliance with consumer protection laws.

Canada's government has finalized arrangements with Visa and Mastercard to cap credit card interchange for small businesses; Klarna is expanding its work with the Dutch payment processor Adyen; and more.

Equity, based in Wichita, Kansas, has agreed to buy the parent company of the Bank of Kirksville. The combined company would have $5.4 billion of assets and 74 branches, including 23 in Missouri.