Community banks tapped the brakes during the first quarter, citing higher interest rates, recession threats and fallout from regional-bank failures. Fed data shows the trend has continued into May, and executives are preaching caution.

Former First Republic CEO Michael Roffler, in his first public comments since the failure of the bank, said changes to deposit insurance would be worthwhile for Congress to consider.

Roughly 450 organized staffers of the Madison, Wisconsin-based insurance provider are prepared to head to the picket line — unless mediators can find common ground by Friday.

As part of its receivership of Signature Bank, the agency was given the stock to sell by June 8.

The senator accused the watchdog of failing to hold Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and others sufficiently responsible for violating rules on investment activities.

Borrowers from certain nonbank lenders that have been identified as magnets for Paycheck Protection Program scams also committed check fraud at elevated rates, according to a new data analysis. Banks could use that kind of data from the pandemic-era government program to spot bad actors.