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The bank received 341 technology patents in the first half of the year and says it has more patents than any other financial services company. However, executives have acknowledged that they aren't all usable.

In global news this week, Russia unveils its alternative to SWIFT, Revolut faces pressure in the U.K., Hong Kong reaches out for fintech talent, and more.

Mike Maguire will succeed Daryl Bible as the North Carolina bank's finance chief. Maguire has been in charge of Truist's consumer finance and payments businesses for nearly two years.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said Wednesday that there are signs that inflation is easing, but the central bank has no intention of laying off the throttle.

The credit-cards-as-a-service model allows small banks to develop more products — and keep more revenue — than they had when working with agent banks.

JPMorgan Chase has teamed up with the software firm Datamaran to develop a data-analysis tool for clients to gauge not just the environmental, social and governance risks facing portfolio companies, but also the ESG risks that such assets pose to the world around them.

Major foreign banks are just as important to the U.S. financial system as large domestic banks, and ought to be regulated as such.

The operational melding of highly regulated banks and less-regulated fintechs led acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu to warn of the potential for another financial crisis.

The e-commerce technology firm has built dozens of partnerships to expand services its clients can offer.

After the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency cracked down on a $2.8 billion-asset bank, industry observers expect more scrutiny of the ties between banks and financial technology startups.