The U.K.'s Payment Systems Regulator is reviewing the card brands' fees, and promises to support competition for the U.S.-based companies.

The next generation of Senate Banking Committee Republicans has signed on to the latest salvo by Patrick Toomey — who will soon leave Congress — against the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. That means the master accounts issue will live on.

Large banks are facing an increasingly difficult challenge on environmental and social issues: balancing the demands of progressive activists and their own employees with those of Republican state officials. One analyst calls it the “goldilocks dynamic.”

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and three bank trade groups said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s anti-discrimination policy exceeds its legal authority. 

The Tokyo-based company has named Masatoshi Komoriya executive chairman of the board of directors for MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. and its U.S. banking subsidiary. He begins his new role on June 30 while retaining existing executive duties.

For many credit unions, it's important to not only have underrepresented voices in the C-suite — they must also make sure others can follow a career path to the same roles.