The San Francisco bank reported a 26% increase in its third-quarter earnings, thanks to robust single-family, multifamily and commercial real estate loan activity in New York, Boston and its home city.

Even financial institutions that have updated their practices still don’t hit the basic benchmarks of transparency and fairness.

Silvio Tavares, the former chief executive of the Digital Commerce Alliance, will lead the credit-bureau analytics firm.

Bank of America is giving businesses new ways to transfer money to their customers with the rollout of a system called Recipient Select.

Banks, credit card issuers and debt collectors all supported the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s revised regulations. But they face a steep learning curve in complying with the rules, which take effect Nov. 30.

A new state law effectively bans the deposit of state public assistance funds into certain accounts that charge the fees. Supporters say it prevents companies from exploiting a loophole in existing prepaid card rules, while firms that will likely be affected say it limits options for underserved consumers.

Acquiring Watonga, which runs Cornerstone Bank, would raise the buyer's asset size to roughly $1.4 billion.

The Rhode Island company unveiled a feature that gives depositors extra time to bring their account balances positive. It also plans to launch an overdraft fee-free account early next year.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that establishes a commission to analyze the possibility of offering federally insured, fee-free bank accounts.

Risk managers are generally not seen as innovators, but Houston's team is playing a critical role in supporting the development of groundbreaking new products aimed at improving customers’ financial health.

It took prodding from Husic, Centric's CEO, to convince the bank's lenders to offer Paycheck Protection Program loans to noncustomers. More than 1,200 of those borrowers are now Centric customers.

A leading voice for community banks, Stewart is a past chair of the American Bankers Association and serves on the board of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Seven months into her new role, Fraser is leading a corporatewide restructuring aimed at unifying and simplifying business operations, improving profitability and returning more capital to shareholders.

Lake is in her third role in four years at the nation's largest bank. Her breadth of experience makes her a likely CEO contender when current CEO Jamie Dimon retires.

Piepszak, who is considered by many industry observers to be a potential successor to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, was instrumental in developing the firm’s $30 billion racial equity commitment.

Smith has been BofA's chief administrative officer since 2015, when CEO Brian Moynihan created the role for her.

In her role as head of consumer and small-business banking, Mack is leading an initiative to establish accounts for the millions of Americans who are unbanked.