Nickels, which works with the credit union service organization Reseda Group, is using its $4 million seed funding to give financial institutions more visibility into consumers' debts.

The agency expects one in five borrowers to be eligible for the new pricing benefits.

The bank is using Google Assistant technology to power its virtual assistant, Fargo, according to Michelle Moore, head of digital at Wells.

The mortgage market is reeling from the central bank's strategy of raising rates and reducing its holdings of mortgage-backed securities. Lenders face the worst headwinds in more than a decade.

The bank is enabling early access to direct deposits, an alternative to earned wage access products that are becoming more popular with economic stress on the rise.

Attorneys general from 19 states issued subpoenas to six large banks seeking information about their climate policies. They say they're seeking to hold banks accountable for the fairness of their ESG policies to fossil-fuel companies, but others call it intimidation.