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Tipalti, Stax and Stripe are among those using new artificial intelligence tools as digital helpers for staff. The specifics vary based on each company's mission and level of comfort with the technology.

The agency's rule represents real progress, but applying it to more kinds of accounts and making other common-sense changes would increase its already significant benefits to consumers.

BMO Financial Group doubled its mainframe capacity, prepared a cloud staging platform and used chaos engineering to ensure its Bank of the West integration went smoothly.

Surprise overdraft fees and charges incurred by consumers who cash bad checks likely violate the law, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said. His message was especially notable because it was aimed at smaller institutions that have gotten less scrutiny from Washington.

An FDIC enforcement action against Lineage Bank is part of a wave of cases involving banks that have partnered with fintechs in recent years.

After his aggressive cost-cutting raised profits above analysts' expectations, Block's CEO aims to retool several features of Square and Cash App to enable them to operate like a "social bank."

The Department of Justice appoints Jonathan Mayer as its first chief AI officer, HTLF's CEO Bruce Lee plans to retire, Wilmington Trust's Doris Meister will step down in May, and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

The USDA forecasted farm profits will plunge 26% this year, potentially creating credit quality challenges for lenders.

The quarterly filings ought to include far more detailed breakdowns of banks' commercial real estate loan portfolios, including the crucial distinction between owner-occupied properties and rentals.

The two companies in the largest bank merger since the 2008 financial crisis released details of their agreement. It leaves the door open for Discover to field better offers, though the payments company would pay a break-up fee of 4% if it accepts one.