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The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s report on climate risk in the financial sector is a backdoor attempt to implement the Green New Deal, a Republican member of the House Financial Services Committee writes.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell called Sherrod Brown, the head of the Senate panel that oversees the central bank, this week to discuss Powell’s sweeping proposal to limit securities trading by senior Fed officials, as well as Brown’s new legislation on the subject.

Fifty-three percent of community bank executives who participated in a recent survey said they’d spurn a takeover offer by a credit union, even if it was the highest bid. The findings underscore the rivalry between the two sectors at a time of rising consolidation.

Steve Steinour, the Ohio bank’s CEO, said the slowdown in car manufacturing due to the global chip shortage will continue to stifle loan demand in the months ahead.

Some big tech firms “have sought to gain greater control over the flow of money in our economy,” Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra told senators. His comments came after the agency demanded information from large tech companies about their payment offerings.

A former Wells Fargo investment advisor stole nearly $3 million from clients and used the money for personal expenses and to buy gold coins, federal prosecutors said.

Twenty-one centrist Democratic lawmakers raised concerns about the provision, which banks have fought to keep out of the social policy package. Meanwhile, the White House made no explicit mention of it in a draft summary of the bill.

The changes, which have implications for succession planning at the Toronto-based company, include elevating U.S. CEO Greg Braca to a new role. Leo Salom, wealth management group head, was named as Braca’s successor.

The community lender, which emphasizes an environmental, social and governance mission, plans to beat the Paris Climate Agreement's timeline by five years.