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In buying Neustar, the credit bureau will gain new fraud-monitoring capabilities to complement earlier acquisitions.

The sale comes nearly a year after the Cleveland bank said it would stop making consumer loans through car dealerships and focus more on relationship-oriented businesses. It plans to spend the proceeds on repurchasing up to $585 million of its own stock.

As the need for easy-yet-secure mobile banking authentication escalates and consumers become used to logging in by looking into a camera, banks are taking the technology more seriously.

Excite Credit Union in San Jose, now a community development financial institution, says over 60% of its lending caters to consumers in low-income brackets.

Rochelle State Bank is flush with capital after a group led by investor Rajib Das purchased the bank from its longtime owner in June. Das says his priority is boosting lending locally, but he is also planning to invest heavily in technology and mulling acquisitions.

In a recent securitization with Capital One, RBC Capital Markets gave a bigger role to small firms owned by minorities and women. It’s one example of how banks are striving to be more inclusive.

Toast Inc., which helps restaurants handle payments, is seeking as much as $717 million in a U.S. initial public offering. 

Companies that put in place procedures and technology to analyze data from phone calls, emails, chats and other communications can help front-line workers avoid repeating customer service mistakes.

Bankers worry the proposed reporting requirements on small-business loans will be used to shame lenders for neglecting minority-owned firms. Community groups are already preparing to use the data to point out racial disparities.

Stripe, the digital payments company last valued at nearly $100 billion, is in early discussions with investment bankers about going public as early as next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.