The parent companies of Cape Cod 5 and Fidelity Bank have agreed to combine under a multibank holding company called Mutual Bancorp. The bank units would keep their current names and operate independently but pool resources to improve efficiency.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed major changes to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, including eliminating all medical debt from credit reports. But banks and financial firms said the plan would upend 50 years of how courts have interpreted the law.

If confirmed to the National Credit Union Administration, Otsuka would succeed Rodney Hood and become the board's first Asian American member.

Two federal agencies recently released a warning about a strain of ransomware called Snatch, which has adopted the successful tactics of other variants.

It's still too soon to say exactly how the use of advanced artificial intelligence will be restricted in financial services, but banks are developing strategies mindful of potential policies.

The private equity firms accused the bank of concealing key changes to a credit agreement, in part because it wanted to win future muni bond business from Brightline Holdings.