Passing a federally mandated stress test is table stakes in risk management. Banks need to be proactive about designing and implementing stress tests that consider a wide range of scenarios, with a particular focus on tail risks.

Banks may need to offer people over the age of 65 more than just digital experiences, according to an executive at J.D. Power, which surveyed more than 11,000 retail banking customers.

Rohit Chopra is named senior advisor to the Democratic Attorneys General Association's working group on consumer protection and affordability; Flagstar Bank adds additional wealth-planning capabilities to its private banking division; Chime promotes three members of its executive leadership team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Enova International, a nonbank lender in Chicago, plans to gain scale by taking over Grasshopper Bank's national bank charter. The deal already faces skepticism from critics of Enova's high-cost lending model.

The firm's consumer account, which offers a 3.5% yield on savings, could appeal to the founders of startups that it already serves.

Charlie Scharf has a mostly optimistic take on Wells' consumer banking prospects entering 2026. But he's more downbeat about the company's once-dominant residential mortgage business.

The student lending giant offered forecasts of future earnings that were far below Wall Street's expectations. In recent months, Sallie Mae has been upbeat about the new opportunities it sees under the Trump administration.

The all-stock acquisition of Mountain Commerce Bancorp in Knoxville marks the Arkansas-based company's first M&A foray since 2022.

Danny Seibel, who led First National Bank of Lindsay from 2007 until shortly before the bank's failure last year, is accused of falsifying bank documents to conceal the condition of loans.

More than 400,000 consumers may be affected after Marquis Software Solutions suffered a breach traced to a bug in SonicWall software disclosed last year.

Midland States Bancorp has completed three major asset sales in the past 12 months, exiting national business lines and shifting focus to its core community banking franchise.

After two successful international expansions, Junqueira aims to bring Nubank's products to U.S. consumers even as the neobank faces strong competition from U.S.-based banks and fintechs.

South Plains Financial agreed to pay $105.1 million in stock to acquire a seven-year-old Houston community bank in its first M&A foray since 2019.

The Wisconsin-based regional bank plans to acquire American National Corp. in an all-stock transaction valued at $604 million. It is Associated's first acquisition announcement since Andy Harmening became CEO in 2021.

The latest linkup with the software provider Wave gives Fundbox access to more than 350,000 potential borrowers. It's the fourth major partnership that Texas-based Fundbox has announced in 2025.

The path to a fully digital banking future is paved by AI and the key to success lies in building trust among customers and delivering value through AI-powered experiences.

International banks and enterprising fintechs are flocking to Mexico in an effort to grab market share in Latin America's second-largest economy. But there is still room for a homegrown neobank to put down roots.

After buying the failed Silicon Valley Bank, the Raleigh-based regional joined a growing number of banks fighting to serve Boston's tech startups, life sciences entrepreneurs and fund investors.

Bank of Marin Bancorp in Novato has sold a big chunk of low-yielding securities, replacing them with investments that should produce significantly more income.

The binary charter rules that separate banks and nonbanks are no longer fit for purpose in a financial services industry where a broad array of companies offer banklike services. A new set of diverse charters is needed.