Compliance

Banks continue to gather ID documents manually from would-be customers, even ones who sought to open accounts online. Bringing the manual process into the digital age is the goal of several startups.

As long as current projections hold, the regulator is unlikely to require further assessments from credit unions, though it is not yet clear whether CUs will get any money back.

Policymakers repeatedly said during a Senate Banking hearing Tuesday that Wells' mistakes couldn't be blamed — as the company maintains — just on rogue employees. Instead, they see a cultural problem at the San Francisco bank and wonder whether it extends beyond Wells Fargo.

Credit union analysts are skeptical of the chances for CFPB reform following the Wells Fargo fiasco, but they are also optimistic that it could spur another Bank Transfer Day-style opportunity for CUs.

The fallout from the banking giant's fraudulent practices has some wondering whether or not CUs might be wise to reexamine their own cross-selling strategies.

Replacing gas pump hardware is a big, disruptive move for any fuel seller, but with the sector's EMV liability shift only a year away, more companies are facing the inevitable.

Cloud-based technology is bringing mobile shopping and payments to more companies, but it also increases risk due to the complexity of how these more open and remote technology tools get used.

John Stumpf may have hoped that Tuesday's hearing on Capitol Hill would mark a key turning point in Wells Fargo's blossoming scandal, but his harsh questioning by lawmakers — and his struggle to answer many of their questions — suggests that the embattled megabank's problems are just beginning.

Contrary to expectations about growing mortgage lending volumes, current industry trends suggest a gradual reduction in capacity for both lending and servicing that should alarm policymakers.

Credit union regulators from 30 jurisdictions around the world have registered an independent association called the International Credit Union Regulators' Network.