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This week's global financial news roundup includes CBDC details from Europe, a new stablecoin in Australia and more.

The breaks for some lower-income borrowers are welcomed, but the use of debt-to-income as a differentiator could complicate originations at a challenging time, lenders say.

Citizens snags exclusive Mastercard deal, Green Dot's e-bill-pay expansion and more in banking news this week.

The top five community banks averaged a return on average equity of 134.96 as of September 30, 2022.

The top five have combined portfolios of first mortgages of more than $900 million as of September 30, 2022.

Many bank CEOs see the end of work from home coming soon, but other industry leaders are not so sure. Meanwhile, much empty office space lies waiting in limbo.

Revolut works on its internal culture, Splitit collaborates with Alipay, and more.

Neobanks and online lenders are expected to address credit concerns, product development and balance sheet resilience in upcoming reports.

Community banks and credit unions have pooled their resources and ideas to develop a bilingual challenger bank, banking-as-a-service playbook, cheaper alternative to Zelle and other innovations.

Crypto pain deepens, credit union merger is official and more in banking news this week.

Ant Group's Alipay teams up to expand mobile wallet acceptance, CaixaBank forms a cybersecurity consortium, Santander plans buy now/pay later for businesses, and more.

Sustainability and climate change continue to impact the business decisions of banks and fintechs looking to advance their green banking credentials.

Chatting up Square, Afterpay's Mexico vamoose and more in banking news this week.

The impact of a weakening economy on quarterly performance will become clearer by the second week of January as banks begin to report fourth-quarter earnings.

The top five have over five billion dollars in total loans and leases as of June 30, 2022.

A new app for people with a criminal past and a challenger bank "of immigrants for immigrants" are among the neobanks forging their own path in the banking world.

Swift adds a top exec from Mastercard, Visa expands mobile pay in Oman, Turkey tests a CBDC; and other global financial services news.

The sleepy Federal Home Loan Bank System is under intense scrutiny as critics push for more oversight and increased affordable housing while supporters say the system works well for member banks.

Addressing concerns ranging from financial inclusion to the impact of China's digital yuan, central banks are running tests to determine how central bank digital currency transactions will work both domestically and internationally.

An declared end to screen scraping, a major hack of a cryptocurrency exchange and banks' plans for bitcoin trading led coverage last year.