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The best community banks layer human-facing services with new technology to beat the heavyweights in their market.

Wells Fargo remains the TBTF poster child and regulators continue to do too little to address the problem. And as always, small banks suffer collateral damage.

Maybe Congress shouldn’t be so quick to change laws without real-world input.

Community bankers keep harping on the illusory issue of "too big to fail." If they're serious about strengthening the economy, they should make more of an effort to unite the industry, not divide it.

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee should call on regulators to take more aggressive steps with bad banking practices, starting with Wells.

If banks are unable to weather the economic fallout from the outbreak, calls for more dramatic reforms could get louder.

Banks typically don't offer loans to cash-strapped consumers, and are poorly positioned to start doing so on an emergency basis — unless the government steps in to help.

The Comptroller's Office has provided banks with guidance on how to structure relationships with data aggregators. Now the bureau needs to focus on the bank-consumer connection.

There are several forbearance measures the agencies can take now to keep banks from failing in a downturn triggered by the coronavirus.

Online platforms and apps can be utilized to quickly support small businesses and consumers facing unexpected financial hardship.