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Former Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney has dismissed reports that Wall Street banks threatened to walk out of the climate-finance coalition he heads, but also said that "tension" within the group needed to be addressed.

The mortgage market is reeling from the central bank's strategy of raising rates and reducing its holdings of mortgage-backed securities. Lenders face the worst headwinds in more than a decade.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that while the U.S. financial system remains resilient, the current backdrop has created the conditions where risks to its stability could appear.

The nation's three largest lenders — Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group — said they are allowing more flexibility, eschewing a minimum number of office days per week, as experienced elsewhere.

A New Hampshire bank recently rolled out the nation's first biodegradable debit cards, Bank of America next year will begin making all credit and debit cards more environmentally friendly and one of the biggest global card manufacturers vows to eliminate all traditional plastic cards by 2030.

Congress will eventually turn its attention to the fact that taxpayers are subsidizing payments to large financial institutions.

The bank is enabling early access to direct deposits, an alternative to earned wage access products that are becoming more popular with economic stress on the rise.

Fidelity Investments is hiring an additional 100 people for its digital assets unit, stepping up an expansion that started in May and taking advantage of turmoil among crypto firms to lure talent. 

JPMorgan Chase is set to add another 20 people to its Saudi Arabia operation by the end of the year as it looks to capitalize on one of the world's few bright spots for equity capital markets, despite simmering political tensions between U.S. President Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.

Credit Suisse Group agreed to pay €238 million ($234 million) to settle a French criminal probe into allegations the bank helped clients stash undeclared funds.