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In a Wednesday Congressional hearing, an assistant superintendent explained why her school district decided to pay a ransom to cyber criminals. It's a cautionary tale for banks, which are often targets.

Kathy Kraninger, who served as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from 2018 to 2021, has been named to lead the bank trade group in Florida.

The Supreme Court said Friday it would grant North Dakota convenience store Corner Post Inc.'s appeal to a lower court ruling as to when the statute of limitations for challenging a Federal Reserve interchange fee rule begins under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Investors should start snapping up some regional bank stocks that were battered by this year's selloff, Citigroup analyst Keith Horowitz said.

With worries about inflation and the economy, fintechs and banks sense an opportunity for new technology that speeds transactions and slices overhead.

In September's roundup of top banking news: Truist Financial promises to cut costs by roughly $750 million; former Wells Fargo exec Carrie Tolstedt is sentenced to three years probation; and more.

Commercial real estate borrowers, including vulnerable office tower landlords, are increasingly struggling to make payments and, as a result, more lenders are expected to report higher credit costs.

MidWestOne will reinvest proceeds of branch sales into Denver Bankshares; promotions are afoot in JPMorgan's investment banking unit; Bethpage Federal Credit Union expands into Queens and New Jersey; and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

With the firm's $75 million settlement this week with the US Virgin Islands, the echoes from the bank's association with the convicted sex offender continue to reverberate.

The former employee is accused of shuffling information to two friends.