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Each major disaster is a real-world testing ground for payments technology, but it can also be a stark reminder of the limits of these advancements.

Readers react to a new housing finance reform plan, weigh systemic risks posed by fintechs, debate the potential return of the Glass-Steagall Act and more.

Four lenders, led by Sallie Mae, have long dominated the market for private student loans. But they could soon face new competition from Navient and Nelnet.

“Who’s to know when the economy may turn?” the head of the Alabama bank said in describing its weak business-loan growth as the byproduct of cautious pricing and underwriting.

The CFPB issued an interim final rule on Wednesday requiring that credit reporting agencies keep initial fraud alerts in a consumer’s file for at least a year.

The proposal, required by the regulatory relief package that Congress passed in May, would exempt the healthiest banks from having to count reciprocal deposits as brokered deposits.

The broadening of JPMorgan's Sapphire Reserve brand is emblematic of the niche expansion megabanks must rely on since bank M&A is not an option.

The House Financial Services Committee has steadily passed regulatory reform legislation this year. But any measure faces a stiffer challenge in the upper chamber.

The Credit Union National Association believes the NCUA has not moved quickly enough to grant an 18-month exam cycle to credit unions with $3 billion or less in assets.

Credit union trade groups are calling on the National Credit Union Association to raise the asset threshold for CUs eligible for an 18-month exam cycle, bringing them in line with community banks.

The consumer bureau alleges Future Income Payments lured vulnerable consumers into taking out high-cost loans in exchange for their future pension payments.

The Minneapolis bank is betting that it has the heft — and the brand recognition — to compete for deposits in states where its biggest rivals already dominate.

Fresh off the heels of having recently raised capital of more than $12 billion in its latest funding round before a potentially lucrative IPO, Ant Financial Group, the operator of Alipay, is rapidly expanding its acceptance network outside of China.

At this year’s Swift Business Forum in New York, executives said banks can build "more intelligent routing" to speed up payments and reduce the cost of processing and delivery.

Washington Federal in Seattle allowed Anchor Bancorp to find another buyer after BSA issues forced it to withdraw its merger application.

The payments company released a platform made up of nine B2B networks and powered by Microsoft’s Azure.

The former head of the agency’s innovation initiative, Project Catalyst, argues the bureau can take several steps to update its innovation policies.

The Thursday morning tweet came in response to comments from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon in which the banker questioned the president's intelligence.

The time is now for Congress to enact stricter data security standards that better protect credit unions and consumers.

Bullish update by the accomplished Citi CFO boosts shares; credit bureau may have been distracted by prior incident.