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With the Colonial Pipeline attack still in the news, bank CEOs testifying at a recent hearing cited cyber risk as the biggest threat facing the industry. But members of Congress did not share those concerns, and instead were more focused on criticizing banks about overdraft fees and their level of investment in minority communities.

Eric Brubaker is leaving after 25 years with the organization. Executive vice president Carrie Iafrate was named his successor.

Any bank that engages in auto, mortgage or other retail lending should develop a comprehensive program to identify potential risks of noncompliance with consumer protection rules and take corrective actions before the Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau comes calling.

Chief operating officer Sam Sidhu takes over as president and chief executive on July 1. He has a list of 25 potential markets the Pennsylvania bank might enter, and has already begun hiring commercial bankers in Texas, Florida and Illinois.

There’s a new unicorn in Latin America: Clip, a payments fintech in Mexico targeting small and midsize companies.

A collaboration between BC Technology Group and Standard Chartered's SC Ventures wants to make cryptocurrency and related innovations more approachable through the development of a digital asset trading platform.

The appointments of former senior leaders from a rival regulator could force the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to embrace interagency cooperation after taking a go-it-alone approach during the Trump administration, some observers say. Others worry about another extreme: the Federal Reserve having outsize influence over financial policy.

Southern Bancorp's CEO said money from Square would help his bank continue serving underserved communities.

Derek White, former financial services head for Google Cloud, wants to take Galileo — the SoFi unit that provides tech services to challenger banks — international and into new niches outside banking.

Brian Doubles, who became the card issuer’s chief executive in April, also expressed optimism that pent-up consumer demand will spur renewed spending this year.