Bank of America and Citigroup are among the founding members of an Economic Opportunity Coalition the White House is putting together. Our other bonus coverage includes an expansion of Mastercard's roster of buy now/pay later partners, M&A deals in Georgia and Texas and a pair of professional sports "official bank" deals in the New York area for State Street.
Scroll through to see what you might have missed this week in banking, payments, credit unions and more.
Consumer spending slowed and charge-offs rose during the first quarter, but Bread Financial said a pending late-fee rule may not be as devastating to its revenue as the Columbus, Ohio-based firm initially feared.
Artificial intelligence models are energy hogs. Climate First Bank and UBS are among the very few trying to solve this problem.
The FDIC board debated and ultimately withdrew two separate proposals to address asset managers' control over banks, but acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu said he couldn't support either and called for more research and debate about how asset managers' control over banks impacts safety and soundness.
The state's comptroller of public accounts is one of several notable non-depositories with access to the Fed's payments system, along with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Tennessee Valley Authority. So why do they have accounts while some neobanks don't?
Mortgage rates rose 7 basis points this week, Freddie Mac said, and more increases are likely following a weaker than expected gross domestic product report.
While home lenders are seeing a decrease in issues coming through mobile channels, phone fraud spiked last year, accounting for 28% of losses, a new report found.
