Activist investor Abbott Cooper said he could continue his campaign against the Dallas-based company's management and board even if his candidate falls short in her bid to become a director.

In its ongoing quest to diversify beyond bank account data-aggregation, Plaid aims to help fintechs and banks to block fraud by sharing data about stolen consumer identities via a fee-based consortium called Beacon.

A judge ruled this month that a decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO, can be held liable for violating commodity exchange rules. That squashes the notion that the decentralized trading model is enforcement-proof.

The bank's $4.6 billion commitment is smaller in size and shorter in duration than a previous plan. It also pledged $9 billion to sustainable finance initiatives over the next three years.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued two reports analyzing banking and consumer credit trends in the South, where many rural areas are considered "banking deserts."

At the Milwaukie, Oregon, institution, total loans increased 16% in the first quarter from a year earlier. But President and CEO Aaron Goff predicted this would level off significantly for his credit union and the industry overall.