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A growing number of companies, led by Walmart, are offering payroll advance loans to their workers; Christian Sewing said he will invest 15% of his net earnings in the German bank’s struggling shares.

Seeking to expand financial services access, tribal officials and some firms want regulators to award Community Reinvestment Act credit to any bank that funds projects in Native American communities.

The case of a pastor wrongly-accused by Wells Fargo has mandatory arbitration back in the spotlight; JPMorgan started buying securities long before talk about rate cuts; more banks are turning to M&A to acquire talent; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Crypto technology will play a major role in the central bank's real-time payments system.

The debate over the CFPB's plan to revamp its payday lending regulation should focus on the benefits for borrowers.

The proposal's aim is to ensure borrowers are treated fairly and would require companies, including CUSOs, to submit licensing applications.

Readers react to jilted GSE legacy shareholders and a proposal making it harder to cite disparate impact, criticize Democrats asking the CFPB to stop its payday rule revamp and more.

The mortgage industry will be looking for answers when Treasury and HUD unveil reports on housing finance reform, but the Trump administration’s plans could also raise a whole new host of questions.

Community banks and tech companies that are happy the central bank is building a next-generation system are not as pleased with its four- to five-year timeline. But big banks see the slow rollout as an opportunity to expand their own instant payment network.

The Fed's development of a real-time payments systems has sparked a pointless debate about paper checks.