The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's review of credit card late fees has ignited pushback from industry that supports an expected 9% jump in fees next year pegged to inflation. 

Equifax, the second-biggest global credit bureau, was hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit after a report that it provided inaccurate credit scores on millions of U.S. consumers looking for loans.

The founder of the New York City bank and CDFI focused on lending to underserved communities and augmenting digital capabilities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating some of the bank's credit card practices, including refunds, billing errors and credit bureau reporting, according to a securities filing Thursday.

For too long, Community Reinvestment Act enforcement has relied on income to serve as a proxy for race. This must stop.

BayFirst Financial in Florida is using gross — not net — income to calculate how much credit smaller enterprises can be granted. Company officials say the Paycheck Protection Program used that approach with great success, but others contend the practice is risky for private-sector lenders.

Membership at the Virginia credit union has grown rapidly in recent years, including an 11% spurt in the first half of this year, thanks to a charter switch, heavy marketing spending and generous deposit rates.

The agency must take a principles-based approach rather than trying to cover every possible issue in detail.

Equifax said some consumer credit scores were changed because of a computer error that has since been rectified.

Equifax provided inaccurate credit scores on millions of U.S. consumers looking for loans, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing bank executives and people familiar with the matter it didn't identify. 

Even though delinquency rates were previously at extremely low levels, the recent uptick among poorer consumers is worth monitoring, New York Fed researchers said.

Ford Motor Co.'s application for an industrial loan company charter with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will compel the regulator to articulate its stance on future applications.

The Massachusetts bank used data analytics to improve onboarding, cross-sell more effectively and prevent attrition.

Citigroup’s Mexican unit, Banamex, is likely to attract offers of about $7 billion to $8 billion as the field of bidders narrows, according to people familiar with the matter.

Union Savings Bank's new technology is helping the bank compete with larger competitors and attract younger customers, its leaders say.

It is essential to place the central focus on race, to bring nondepository mortgage lenders under the Community Reinvestment Act umbrella and to address bias in home appraisals.

The last time inflation burned hot, consumers could put money in the bank and watch it grow like the prices on store shelves, easing much of the pain. Not this time — and that’s stoking profits for U.S. lenders.

Flush with capital and touting its biggest loan pipeline ever, the nation’s No. 1 Small Business Administration 7(a) lender is laying plans to hire dozens of bankers away from competitors. It’s one of several companies seeking to expand at a time when others are likely to pull back on commercial lending.

The Maryland bank has lost 13% of its credit card customer base in the past year amid a flurry of marketing activity by newer players. But it is refusing to panic.

A combination of higher organic loan growth and fee-based revenue streams powered top-performing banks in 2021.