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Readers weigh in on infighting at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, react to a push for open banking in the United States, consider small-dollar bank loans and more.

Larry Hoff, retired CEO of Fibre Federal Credit Union, is running for a seat in Washington's state legislature – his first foray into politics.

MiCommunity Bancorp would be the first bank to open in Michigan in 10 years.

The agency alleges that some customers made payments to the e-commerce group even though their accounts had already been sold to third-party debt buyers.

A paper released by the agency’s Center for Financial Research says aspects of someone’s digital footprint — including whether they use Apple or Android — help predict likelihood of default.

The central bank’s top regulatory official discussed how the Fed is using listening sessions in isolated communities to understand the effect of losing the one bank in town.

In seeking to make make ING the most digitally advanced lender in Europe, CEO Ralph Hamers' motto has been to "disrupt yourself before a competitor does it first." It's safe to say the tumult at the company during the last few weeks isn't what Hamers had in mind.

Credit unions would not be impacted by the proposal, but the movement has spent much of the last decade telling lawmakers and regulators CUs are being punished for the actions of big banks that led to the financial crisis.

Profits at big banks should be solid if not spectacular; the Vermont senator proposes a hard cap on assets held by the biggest banks.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lowered the $14 billion-asset thrift in Cleveland to “needs to improve” from "satisfactory."