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This week, Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman cast the first dissenting vote at an FOMC meeting in years. On Friday, she explained why the economic data she's seen didn't convince her of the need to cut rates as much as her fellow governors thought.

Liberty Capital Bancshares in Texas agreed to acquire in-state peer Southwestern Bancorp; BNY announced it will buy managed-account software company Archer; Louisiana is supporting crypto but pushing back on CBDCs; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

By enabling instant settlement for bank payments at checkout, the retailer is adding speed to an option that reduces card transaction fees. But getting consumer buy-in may be a challenge.

Warnings, finger pointing, and political infighting have consumed talks around a continuing resolution, but the details of the upcoming funding package are expected to be ironed out over the weekend for a likely vote early next week.

A new academic paper dives into the key factors that have caused bank failures over the past 160 years.

After Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he intends to place a temporary cap on credit card interest rates, many felt the plan would create a large constriction of credit.

The Honolulu-based seller said it rejected a competing bid from an investor group and would stick with its plan to sell to Hope Bancorp for $78.6 million in stock.

A hearing included discussion of European laws that will put banks on the hook for fraud schemes, and whether the U.S. needs a digital identity standard.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra joins the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s two Republican board members in opposing a revamped Basel III endgame proposal, leaving the future of the nascent plan uncertain.

In the U.S. and around the world, women still face many barriers to financial inclusion, and workplace practices that make it more challenging for them to build wealth. It doesn't have to be that way.