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Top Democrats vowed Tuesday to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, predicting Director Richard Cordray will file a lawsuit if he were fired by Donald Trump after he is sworn in as president.

Leadership of the Senate Banking Committee came into fuller view on Tuesday with the announcement of subcommittee assignments.

Critics say the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is moving too far and too fast in its effort to offer a fintech charter, overlooking skepticism that it lacks sufficient legal authority.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is on the verge of announcing its decision in its regulatory review of Mastercard’s acquisition of VocaLink, the London-based agency said.

The Minneapolis company announced that Richard Davis will retire as CEO this spring. He will be succeeded by longtime deputy Andy Cecere.

Cardtronics is bringing its relationships with Citi and Walgreens together, bringing Citi branded ATMs inside Walgreens locations across the U.S.

The online payment service Alipay, an affiliate of Alibaba, is extending its collaboration with luxury travel retailer DFS Group as more Chinese citizens increase their travel frequency to overseas locations.

As its name implies, First Oklahoma is the oldest CU in the Sooner State.

Improved credit quality also helped compensate for flat loan growth at the Dallas bank.

The Columbus, Ga., bank reported higher fourth-quarter profit on growth in business loans and mortgage banking.

Wells Fargo faces an economic environment that may not be particularly suited for the way the bank is structured. Also: are you brave enough to make bitcoin a part of your retirement portfolio?

Mastercard is launching a mobile payment platform to help farmers be more aware of the needs for produce sales in East Africa, calling it the first use case from technology developed at Mastercard Labs in Nairobi, Kenya, which opened in 2014.

The San Francisco bank said Friday that it plans to close at least 400 branches over the next two years, part of an effort to reduce annual expenses by $2 billion.

JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and PNC reported lackluster revenue growth as higher trading fees and increases in commercial lending barely compensated for consumer-side challenges.

As president of the secondary marketing agency, Tozer has helped the mortgage market to continue functioning and keep up with changes following the financial crisis.

Consumer protection groups opposing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s plan to offer limited-purpose bank charters to fintech companies raised concerns that the move could allow payday lenders to operate nationally.

Corporate clients are increasingly asking their banks to help digitize back-office processes. Such a move can help both parties save time and money.

Banks and credit unions are trying to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from allowing consumers to rank how companies handle complaints on a one- to five-star scale.

Bankers are trying to stop the CFPB from allowing consumers to rank how companies handle complaints on a one- to five-star scale and to publish narratives of consumer experiences in an online public database.

The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin’s nomination on Thursday, Jan 19.