JPMorgan Chase

With a foray into financial services, Amazon.com could disrupt the decades-old card payments system, a move that some say could save the retailer $250 million a year in swipe fees.

Tight margins, regulatory clarity and a renewed appetite to expand have made mortgage brokers and the wholesale channel attractive again, at least to the small and medium mortgage lenders.

Wells has helped gun and ammunition companies access $431 million in loans and bonds since the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting. Other financial firms that are active as bookrunners for gunmakers include Morgan Stanley, TD Securities, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.

The negotiations between Amazon and big banks like JPMorgan Chase and Capital One to offer a checking-account-like product pose significant questions for regulators about the e-commerce giant pushing further into the banking space.

News that Amazon is courting banks to help it offer its own branded checking account raises major questions about which banks could be helped or hurt, who would control the relationship and how Amazon's partner(s) would make money.

As with most of the company's inventions, an Amazon checking account would more deeply embed customers into an Amazon ecosystem that provides an endless flow of data and efficiencies.

Amazon.com Inc. is in talks with JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Capital One Financial Corp. about offering the tech giant’s customers a product similar to a checking account.

The Russia probe puts a national spotlight on a Chicago bank exec; CFPB's Mulvaney and Sen. Warren face off (again) while a credit union CEO takes a surprising position on the industry's tax exemption.

The estimated costs of recent digital glitches at BB&T, TD and Wells Fargo are in the hundreds of millions of dollars, but contractual and economic realities make it hard for banks to sue vendors for the money or fall back on insurance policies.

Sure, banks are closing more branches than they are opening, but many still view them as important channels for selling products, dispensing advice and gathering deposits. Here's a look at banks large and small that are opening branches (or, in Capital One's case, cafes) in new markets.