Five Star Bancorp expands into San Francisco, American Express to integrate with data aggregators Plaid and Yodlee, Bank of America reworks leadership in its investment banking unit and more in this week's banking news roundup.

Potential uses for banks include risk analysis, investment portfolio construction and financial crime monitoring.

The warning from the state's chief financial officer comes after a new law was passed banning banks from holding public funds if they use social and political factors in lending decisions.

In a sudden shift, Merrill's leader of the past six years is heading back to rival Citi, where he will be head of global wealth and drive its expansion.

The bank was one of the last major holdouts to bow to expense pressures that have left no one immune.

Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan's total compensation declined 6.3% to $30 million for his work in 2022, a year in which profit tumbled and the shares sank.

Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and other institutions — including more than two-thirds of honorees that made the Best Banks to Work For — show no let-up in their commitment to add transitioning service personnel. In fact, they're expanding their reach to include military spouses.

Bank of America, the biggest corporate issuer of bonds tied to environmental, social and governance financing in the U.S., returned to the ethical debt market for the first time this year as Wall Street giants dial back issuance amid skyrocketing borrowing costs.

Polyanna Unruh embraced her employer's tuition-assistance benefit to go from high-school graduate to MBA.