Visa Inc., the world’s largest payments network, is breaking ground by tapping the bond market to fund environmentally friendly projects.

Under a rule issued in March, banks will build an additional capital cushion that is determined by their performance in the annual tests.

Deferrals on residential mortgages and home-equity loans have been a common theme at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

“We do not yet know when we’ll return to a more traditional operating model,” a company spokesperson said.

Government stimulus programs are buoying consumers hurt by the coronavirus shutdown; the bank has been forced to sell loans to stay within the Fed-imposed $1.95 trillion asset cap.

Democrats Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Brian Schatz of Hawaii have sent a letter to CEO Charlie Scharf demanding a response to news reports that the bank has been placing borrowers into forbearance plans without their consent.

The 15 executives selected for our Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next list all have remarkable stories. Over the past year each of them has taken on a major project for their company and produced impressive results. Yet none are older than 40.

With the coronavirus pandemic intensifying and hopes for a quick economic recovery fading, banks large and small are reducing headcounts, shuttering branches, shedding office space and generally trying to trim expenses wherever they can.

Mike Santomassimo is at least the sixth ex-colleague of CEO Charlie Scharf to join the bank’s leadership team in the last nine months.

The national conversation around systemic racism has compelled large banks to withdraw support from the “disparate impact” proposal. But community banks maintain that the proposed reforms would reduce frivolous claims.

The New York bank has also joined a steering committee helping to develop a global accounting standard that financial institutions can use to measure their impact on global warming.

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Some 3,400 additional staffers in the treasury management group will be required to get pre-clearance before making trades. The policy change was driven in part by increased regulatory scrutiny, the bank said.

Fintechs like Greenlight and gohenry have drawn millions of teens with features like savings goal tracking and customizable debit cards.

Bank of America was the latest large bank to report a second-quarter drop in the key earnings metric after a March surge in credit line utilizations gave way to rapid payoffs in May and June.

The energy sector, retail and hospitality are among the industries that are faring poorly during the pandemic. The bank expects loan losses to remain elevated well into 2021.

Net charge-offs fell at Citigroup and Wells Fargo, thanks to forbearance and federal stimulus. Leaders of those banks are warning that delinquencies could rise once the benefits of those programs wear off.

Megabanks like JPMorgan Chase boosted loan-loss provisions to record levels in the second quarter in preparation for what could be a wave of loan defaults.

The firm set aside a record $9.5 billion for credit losses, about $4 billion more than analysts had expected, as it braces for a wave of coronavirus-related defaults.

The amount far surpassed that of any other servicer required to purchase Ginnie Mae-backed loans that were 90 days past due.