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In times of economic stress, customers tend to flood the U.S. banking system with deposits. But the leverage ratio penalizes banks for conducting this core banking function.

Readers weigh in on the end of President Trump's business councils, what the Charlottesville, Va., clashes mean for banks, OSHA's mishandling of Wells Fargo whistleblower claims, community banks' embrace of blockchain, and more.

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The bank agrees to pay $6 million to a California couple a judge said was illegally foreclosed on; do rewards programs help or hurt card issuers?

Shopping cart technology, digital payments, advertising platforms and global order fulfillment allow new brands to compete on a global scale, writes Tony Holbrook, vice president of marketing and commerce at Ingram Micro Commerce & Fulfillment.

China's Alipay already has broad global reach—its mobile wallet is accepted at more than 100,000 retail locations in 70 international markets—but in North America it’s just getting started.

Regulators reached a $183.5 million deal Thursday to get debt relief to 41,000 students of the bankrupt Corinthian Colleges.

Sanger is out at Wells Fargo and so it is a crisis that gives us our first female board chair at a major U.S. bank. Women lead two major tech initiatives at JPMorgan Chase, which is also adding a fourth woman to its executive committee.

A Fed committee studying Libor’s replacement has dwelled heavily on the potential impact to the derivatives market. Loans may become a bigger part of the conversation later this year, but the panel plans to leave a lot of the specifics up to lenders.

Billtrust has long relied on its sales force to approach businesses directly with accounts receivable technology, and it's turning to banks to automate more steps in the process of handling payments.