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Cheap funding and marketing muscle could give it an advantage over existing lenders, but this corner of the market may not be big enough to move the needle for the bank.

Before the passage of the recent regulatory relief law, only banks with assets of less than $1 billion were on an 18-month exam schedule.

Two credit unions both tapped new senior vice presidents of member experience and more new hires, promotions and appointments.

Despite recent scrutiny of mobile point of sale devices, the mobile payments category as a whole has generally carried a promise of initiating a safer transaction through the use of biometrics, device ID, geolocation and other factors.

The real-time ticker of strangers’ spending habits could soon go away.

Credit union groups are praising the committee's approval of Kathy Kraninger's nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the face of strong Democratic opposition. Nominations for other positions also moved forward.

Debit push payments proved an essential component of the ride-sharing boom, with many drivers opting to pay a fee for immediate funds throughout the day to cover fuel and other expenses. And the technology is finding fans in other niches as well.

A top regulator has signaled that the banking agencies are receptive to extending the comment deadline, after banks raised concerns about a proposed revision to the ban on proprietary trading.

BNY Mellon, JPMorgan and Bank of America are recruiting interns from Year Up, many of whom lack college degrees but are trained in high-demand fields such as cybersecurity and anti-money-laundering.

The committee approved the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, despite strong Democratic opposition, as well as President Trump's picks for Ginnie Mae, the Export-Import Bank and several other positions.