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Visa on Monday made an investment in Global Processing Services, which powers the payment rails for several challenger banks and fintechs. It's similar to a January investment Mastercard made in Marqeta, an open API card issuing and processing platform.

Citigroup is now the third, and largest, U.S. financial institution to offer the Mastercard True Name feature, which lets customers use their preferred name, rather than their legal name, on credit and debit cards. The cards are targeted specifically for transgender and nonbinary people, who often face outsized financial hardship.

Citigroup is now the third, and largest, U.S. financial institution to offer the Mastercard True Name feature, which lets customers use their preferred name, rather than their legal name, on credit and debit cards. The cards are targeted specifically for transgender and nonbinary people, who often face outsized financial hardship.

In an exclusive interview announcing the regulator's new financial inclusion program, NCUA Chairman Rodney Hood explains why the time was right to double down on the agency's efforts to expand access for marginalized communities.

Gary Cohn, former head of the Trump administration’s National Economic Council and onetime top executive at Goldman Sachs, says technological changes will continue to make it harder for smaller financial institutions to compete and force many to be sold.

Other central banks have considered phasing out cash as they explore digital currencies. Should the idea take hold in the U.S., Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it would not replace the physical dollar.

Other central banks have considered phasing out cash as they explore digital currencies. Should the idea take hold in the U.S., Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it would not replace the physical dollar.

Lawmakers’ attempt to stall the OCC’s final rule, preventing regulators from reforming a 1977 law meant to help underserved communities, does far greater harm than any changes that are raising objections, says the acting comptroller.

The industry supports candidates on both sides of the aisle but has tilted toward Democrats during this cycle. Experts say that's partly a reflection of the current makeup of Congress.

Over the past year, the Alabama bank has been developing new tools that analyze survey responses, phone interactions and social media posts to identify opportunities to improve digital offerings.

First City Bank of Florida had suffered “longstanding capital and asset quality issues” that were unrelated to the pandemic, the FDIC said.

Strong mortgage and capital markets activity helped offset credit costs and one-time items in the third quarter at Citizens Financial Group. In a period of low rates, CEO Bruce Van Saun says he’d like to buy more fee-generating businesses.

The auto lender says consumers’ skittishness about flying and using public transit during the pandemic has fueled a surge in demand for new and used cars. But executives remain wary of high unemployment and the potential for a rise in loan defaults.

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The family-owned bank from the South and the New York commercial lender each would fill a clear need for the other. First Citizens would gain business lending expertise and an online deposit-gathering platform, and CIT would get the cheap deposits it coveted.

Plaid said it has been in discussions with TD Bank over allegations of trademark infringement and false advertising and was caught off-guard by the lawsuit the bank filed Wednesday.

Plaid said it has been in discussions with TD Bank over allegations of trademark infringement and false advertising and was caught off-guard by the lawsuit the bank filed Wednesday.

Kashkari, who oversaw the 2008 bank bailouts as a then-Treasury official, has been outspoken in favor of higher capital requirements since he took over at the Minneapolis Fed in 2016.

Warren Buffett isn't known to ask much of companies in which he buys stock. Then last year, as Wells Fargo's top investor, he publicly advised the board not to hire a leader from Wall Street — and it did. What ensued shows what can happen when a company rejects the legendary investor's advice.

The prospect of a spate of white-collar job losses in the U.S. is a growing concern for the CEO of one of the country’s largest credit-card providers.