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The industry is taking lessons from instant point-of-sale lenders to help homeowners embarking on major projects.

Digital banking apps such as Daylight, Greenlight and Re:start are helping their customers do more than stash paychecks and save for the future.

The fintech is working with third-party marketplaces and similar partners to deliver its newest services, rather than try and sell directly to end users.

After a slow start, the Federal Reserve got its efforts to combat runaway inflation up to speed quickly, implementing tightening monetary policy at the fastest rate seen in decades. Here's a hike by hike breakdown.

The 23 CEOs on this list run banks and credit unions and are on our Most Powerful Women in Banking, Most Powerful Women to Watch, and Most Powerful Women in Credit Unions.

Federal agencies' complaints against FTX's leaders have led to scrutiny of the banks it worked with. While it's unlikely the bankers will be held accountable for the cryptocurrency exchange's wrongdoing, the case could make it more difficult any bank that wants to work with crypto-related businesses.

Your best future employees aren't looking for banking jobs. Successful hiring requires actively seeking out talent.

At the start of 2022, banks sat atop a flood of deposits. But as the year progressed, they faced greater pressure to pay higher rates, and the trends that drove the rapid shift show no signs of abating.

The pandemic-era's surge of short-term, interest-free online loans from buy now/pay later fintechs ignited wide-ranging competition from newcomers and legacy providers alike.

Two long-awaited developments — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's data access proposal and the Federal Reserve's faster payments network debut — are slated for next year. The combined effect on consumer banking might be more consequential than we now know.

Banks and other lenders revived special-purpose credit programs after racial-equity protests in 2020 prompted them to reexamine their services for historically underserved groups. Now they're taking those initiatives nationwide.

The U.S. should look abroad for innovative solutions to the problem of assessing the creditworthiness of borrowers with little formal credit history.

The sharpest run-up in rates seen in over three decades slashed mortgage origination volumes, and contributed to a volatile market environment, but had some cyclical benefits for servicing.

In his first American Banker interview since becoming CEO two years ago, Thomas Cangemi talks about the company's transformation into a full-service commercial bank now that it has completed its twice-delayed acquisition of Flagstar Bancorp.

The National Credit Union Administration will soon name a director for its Office of Financial Technology and Access, which Hood — a board member and former chairman of the agency — created. He explains in an interview why the office's work is a priority.

The companies, which reach thousands of merchants, recently launched environmental programs that use a network effect to cut carbon emissions.

Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said the bank is "not making rapid progress" and hinted at the possibility of additional restrictions. But analysts saw positives for Wells in the $3.7 billion consent order.

A shareholder group that is pushing the nation's largest banks to conduct racial equity audits criticized JPMorgan Chase's effort, while giving a more favorable review of a Citigroup report. Banks small and large launched racial equity initiatives in 2020 in the wake of protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd.

In a joint review published Friday, the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. found problems with two foreign banks' bankruptcy resolution plans.