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Companies are dropping sustainability-linked loans as they face a tougher regulatory environment.

Morgan Stanley and ABN Amro tapped fintechs to improve cross-border transactions. That and a U.K. card fee cap highlight this week's roundup of payments news.

This year, American Banker reporters dove deep into topics such as gambling addiction, Citigroup's rebuild, the Small Business Administration, fraud and monetary policy for its feature articles. Check out the most consequential articles of the year.

We've seen what can happen when BaaS providers fail to adequately protect consumers. Across the industry, we need to institutionalize the principles of safe banking, both inside and outside of traditional banks.

Proposals to streamline U.S. banking regulators have resurfaced with the Trump administration's focus on efficiency, but experts and history suggest such changes are unlikely amid political and industry resistance.

Letters hint at more oversight of the banking agencies, as well as the Treasury Department, the CFPB and the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the Republican-controlled Senate.

A week ahead of inauguration day, Scott Colbert, executive vice president, director of fixed income and chief economist at Commerce Trust, takes a look at how the Federal Reserve and the economy will fare in President-elect Donald Trump's second run in the White House.

Ripple, MoneyGram and FV Bank all bolstered their ability to distribute digital assets, with cross-border transactions emerging as a primary use case.

We should consolidate federal oversight of the banking industry within the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. It would rationalize a system that has grown increasingly unwieldy over generations.

An industry lawsuit seeks to undermine a rule put forward by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would make it much easier for consumers to manage their own financial health.

The Canadian bank received approval from the Federal Reserve to increase its ownership stake in KeyCorp to up to 14.9%. The investment is expected to close by the end of this month.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule that would allow banks to either charge $5 for overdraft fees. Alternatively they can charge a courtesy fee to cover costs, or charge higher fees but send annual percentage rate disclosures to the consumer. Bank trade groups sued the bureau to stop the rule.

Execs from U.S. Bancorp and Keybank discuss how emerging technology makes it easier to replicate the near invisible checkout that car-sharing riders enjoy.

Banks that don't focus on credit cards for this market may find larger banks and fintechs are eating their lunch.

Walmart is pouring more firepower into its fledgling financial venture, signaling its ambition to wade deeper into financial services.

The Department of Justice is trying to fix a system that isn't broken. The better move would be to allow the ruthlessly competitive payments marketplace to generate new and better products.

After the Toronto-based bank faced record penalties in the U.S., it made new disclosures about its anti-money-laundering compliance obligations in Canada, where critics say regulators have been too lax.

Leonardo Ayala, who was a retail banker at a TD branch in Florida, faces criminal charges in connection with money-laundering activities.

Norwegian fintech Vipps' consumers can use iPhones to make digital payments following Apple's settlement with regulators. Klarna gets hit with a money-laundering fine and more in our weekly global payments roundup.

A report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Office of Inspector General revealed deficiencies in the agency's preparedness for large bank failures.