Dmuchowski worked three jobs to pay for her college education. She tells young colleagues that regardless of their backgrounds, if they work hard, they will succeed.

Banking regulators and the Department of Justice must decide whether the blockbuster deal raises antitrust concerns. Looming over their analyses are questions about how broadly or narrowly to define the relevant markets.

Despite advancements in AI for transaction monitoring, financial institutions share little in the way of fraud data, undermining efforts to combat crimes including check fraud.

With high deposit and borrowing costs persisting amid the Federal Reserve's campaign against inflation, lenders face stress on their net interest margins and the potential of troubled loans ticking up.

The Federal Reserve governor said regulators should strive for clarity and consistency as they tweak their merger review processes. She also waved off concerns about regulators being a "rubber stamp" for bank combinations.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau received nearly 28,000 mortgage-related consumer grievances in 2023, the regulator said.