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The bill, which would allow uninsured trust companies to issue stablecoins, represents a perilous departure from historically sound financial regulatory policies, and would open the door to potentially catastrophic market disruptions.

Amex is working with Worldpay to reach businesses in the U.K., Western Union has resumed remittances to Cuba after shutting down that corridor in 2020, and more.

The real-life British banker behind the hit Netflix movie 'Bank of Dave' talked with American Banker about the sequel due out next year and why opening more local community banks is so important.

The number of borrowers who are at their credit limits is approaching its pre-pandemic level, and the percentage of balances that are sliding into delinquency has hit its highest rate in more than a decade, according to new research. Still, card companies are generally expressing optimism about their credit outlooks.

The small business lender's bankrupt shell has agreed to pay up to $120 million in connection with allegations that its verification processes for Paycheck Protection Program loan applications were faulty. The government argued that Kabbage reaped larger fees by enabling fraudulently inflated loans.

Stearns Bank in Saint Cloud is working with the on-demand payment technology firm Reset to launch an earned-wage card for blue collar and immigrant families struggling with access to money.

Community Financial Development Institutions' mission-driven lending has traditionally been a small segment of the lending market. That's beginning to change, but plugging into secondary lending markets might not be the kind of change communities need.

Executives also say funding pressures have begun to ease, though high interest rates and deposit costs remain a leading worry, according to new surveys.

Regulation, credit quality and AI-fueled fraud are among the big concerns for banks and payment companies.

Part of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mandate is to educate consumers by providing reliable information. With its credit card late fee "report" and the associated rulemaking, it has failed to live up to that responsibility.