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How the big banks fared in the Fed's latest round of stress testing; what's on new FDIC chair Jelena McWilliams' plate; why banks' biggest risk factor may be employees who don't speak up; and more from this week's most-read stories.

At a time when credit unions have seen a major increase in fee income from overdrafts, several big banks are following Silicon Valley's lead by offering new fee-free accounts.

In focus testing for its digital-only app, Finn, Chase learned users wanted a standalone brand that still offered some traditional features, such as paper checks.

Credit unions and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau share a similar mission, so why does the CFPB continue to make it difficult for CUs to do business?

Holding multiple face-to-face meetings with executives from MB Financial helped Fifth Third land the Chicago company for a lower price than another suitor offered.

One recruiting and strategic planning consultant says the movement isn't doing enough to prepare for major changes in leadership at hundreds of large institutions.

Bank of Montreal is revamping its U.S. digital operation and targeting small businesses in the Midwest to boost growth at its BMO Harris Bank lender.

The graduates of this year's Fintech Innovation Lab New York, chosen by executives at 43 banks, are focusing on improving artificial intelligence, solving IT issues and providing a better customer experience.

While Europe is still making sense of an international Visa outage in early June, fintech disruptor TransferWise experienced its own outage that lasted up to 11 hours on Thursday, with website, app and card payments unavailable to the company’s 1 million-plus users.

Judge says agency should not exist; the Fed says the largest banks are “strongly capitalized” and could withstand a severe crisis.

Readers weigh in on Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting's comments about discrimination, opine on President Trump’s pick to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, respond to new anti-money-laundering legislation and more.

The company said the aim of a redesign and additional automation is to make its compliance software easier for bankers to use.

Earlier this week, the e-commerce payments giant announced a $400 million deal to acquire Hyperwallet and its payment distribution technology. The deal for Palo Alto-based Simility takes aim at a different need: applying machine learning to its data collection to prevent various types of fraud.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is an infringement on the authority of the executive branch, a New York federal judge said Thursday.

A senior Treasury department official said it's an "adapt or die" situation for regulators and financial firms in the midst of a growing fintech space.

All 35 banks passed the Federal Reserve's first round of tests, but their results were not as stellar as last year's.

A team of economists surveyed by the American Bankers Association also believe that unemployment could reach new lows.

The plan would end the GSE conservatorships and create an explicit federal guarantee, but it's unclear if even other parts of the Trump administration support it.

The quest for fast payments is advancing on the consumer side, but most banks are said to be undecided about a host of issues tied to speeding up transactions between businesses.

During NAFCU’s annual conference, a panel of experts highlighted some of the legal and regulatory changes that may still be in store for credit unions.