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Capping a series of appearances on Capitol Hill this week, the Federal Reserve chair and Treasury secretary emphasized that they don’t have the authority to reallocate CARES Act funds to assist small businesses on their own.

Brink's has seen a 20% increase since January in the amount of cash processed in its own systems, signaling that as users return to stores they’re choosing to pay with cash.

The OCC is trying to seize jurisdiction by arguing that current supervision is haphazard. But states are already working together to streamline regulation while continuing to enforce consumer protections and encourage innovation.

Financial institutions and authorities could better track money launderers if legalized-marijuana-related businesses were not included in SARs.

The agency reported signs of stress on the credit quality in residential loans serviced by seven large banks as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Artificial intelligence, machine learning and enhanced data sharing among lenders could go a long way toward spotting suspicious patterns in daily financial activity and bad actors, experts say.

The news media investigation of transactions by nefarious actors puts certain large banks in a negative light, but it also points to inefficient use of suspicious activity reports and other anti-money-laundering issues that the industry has decried for years.

The Fed chief said that with its Main Street Lending Program, the central bank has “done basically all of the things that we can think of.”

The central bank must engage core processors, community banks and The Clearing House if it wants to move quickly on building out its FedNow system.

With lawmakers weighing changes to Bank Secrecy Act requirements, the Government Accountability Office urged the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to establish written policies for expanding use of the agency’s database.