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Home prices have increased at their fastest rate since the mid-2000s housing boom and driven skyrocketing inflation. Fed Gov. Christopher Waller says lenders are better prepared for a shock than in 2007 but still need to be monitored — especially nonbank lenders.

A push by Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis, one of the crypto industry’s staunchest supporters in Congress, to write a new law for digital assets is getting the support of at least one Democrat.

The suspects, ages 16 to 21, were apprehended in connection with an investigation into a hacking group called Lapsus$, which has said it’s responsible for a rash of recent cyberattacks against companies including Microsoft and Nvidia.

Most executives are keenly aware of the hardships customers face, but do they realize that many of their workers are also living paycheck to paycheck?

The Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, institution uses a fleet of traveling branches to reach far-flung customers who largely eschew modern technology.

Credit unions with less than $100 million of assets are seeing their loans and membership counts shrink. M&A may be the only option for such institutions, which run on skeleton crews and have few options for cutting costs.

JPMorgan Chase said it will do a third-party audit of its $30 billion racial-equity commitment, following Citigroup and BlackRock in agreeing to such a review.

Citizens Financial Group is mulling the acquisition of a wealth manager or even a lender in Florida following a deal spree by the bank last year, CEO Bruce Van Saun said.

ChargeAfter doesn't offer installment loans. Instead, it's tapping into the BNPL craze by bringing together the banks and merchants that are active in the market.

Banks and credit unions that use Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers to onboard customers without Social Security numbers are seeing sizable growth in loans and deposits from people who might otherwise be unbanked.