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Though many merchants remain wary of alienating their customers with fees, others now see an opportunity to recoup the growing costs associated with accepting plastic.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to ask the legislature to revamp the current Department of Business Oversight and rename it the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, modeled after the federal CFPB.

Todd Zywicki, a law professor who has sharply criticized the CFPB as an unaccountable bureaucracy, has been named chair of an agency task force identifying potential conflicts and inconsistencies in consumer finance law.

Even in the face of soft loan demand, banks in the region have held firm on terms. That should position them well for the next economic downturn.

Horizon Credit Union will absorb Icon CU in a deal intended to bolster competition in the Spokane market and increase Horizon's reach into Idaho.

An examination of potential sources of upheaval for the financial industry and ideas on how to adapt.

China’s slow courting of U.S. payment companies made a tiny step forward this week, shortly after a similar gesture from the U.S. government that teases progress in the broader trade dispute.

Population shifts and the explosion of e-commerce will upend commercial real estate lending while heightened demand for clean energy, not to mention pressure from investors, will diminish banks’ enthusiasm for fossil-fuel financing.

The deal will bring a wider array of products and services to members of the $4.4 million-asset Yellowstone FCU, including online bill pay and a shared ATM network.

Digital banking will become less visible because it will be embedded in other daily activities with the help of AI, voice interfaces and other emerging technologies.