Retail & Commercial

An OpenAI program managed to escape its sandbox, go out on the web and find another AI platform, and hack it. Not even OpenAI expected that.

Following a recent approval by the European Central Bank, Banco Santander's pending acquisition of Webster Financial is expected to close before the end of 2026, executives said. There's been concern that the deal could get tangled up in tensions between the U.S. and Spain.

The planned acquisition of Finward Bancorp would bolster the Ohio bank's growing Chicago-area franchise, creating a platform big enough to support an organic buildout.

Capital One Financial executives on Tuesday provided updates on the company's integration of its recent acquisitions of Discover Financial Services and payments-focused fintech Brex.

Until this quarter, car-loan delinquencies for the Detroit-based bank had been steadily dropping. But in the spring of 2026, that momentum showed signs of slowing.

For some banks, surging loan growth isn't all a bed of roses, as funding the increased volume often results in a certain amount of net-interest-margin dilution.

The neobank fintech built investing services into its mobile banking app as it anticipates the potential of rollovers from newly-opened Trump Accounts.

Efforts by individual states to rewrite existing rules governing interstate bank lending risk throwing the entire system into chaos. Only Congress has the ability to reestablish a workable set of national rules.

At a House hearing last week, GOP lawmakers asked Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, for advice on how to craft legislation to permanently change the CFPB's authority. The hearing highlighted a consensus among Republicans that administrative policy rollbacks are not enough.

The capital markets business, loan growth, credit quality and an improved macroeconomic outlook were all factors in the industry's strong second-quarter results.