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The bank leaders were grilled on their long- and short-term expectations for the U.S. economy, the potential impact of capital reform under the Biden administration, banks' investments in Chinese markets, and the future of oil and gas lending.

The country's largest banks should deepen partnerships with minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions, and regulators should facilitate that process.

So far this year, banks have reported that borrowers continue to repay their loans and delinquency rates remain low. But there are signs that this may change.

The Cincinnati bank's new division will lend to nonbanks that make or bundle together residential mortgage loans, whose businesses have slowed as higher interest rates lower appetite for refinancing. The warehouse sector has seen "fierce competition" among banks lately, one analyst wrote.

Europe's biggest banks are falling behind on their promises to promote more women, at least when measured by the very top jobs. 

The founding CEO of PayPal and former CEO of Intuit plans to launch Nirvana Money next month. It will combine basic banking with an alternative to a secured card that evolves into a normal credit card.

The cloud retail firm NewStore is an early adopter of the tech giant's iPhone payment acceptance service, which some see as a step toward eliminating dedicated checkout lanes altogether.

The megabank rolled out new and expanded employee diversity targets that it aims to meet by 2025. The goals include placing more Hispanics in leadership roles and boosting the number of LGBTQ+ members the company hires from colleges and universities.

More U.S. consumers are saddled with credit card debts for longer periods of time, according to a survey, struggling to pay down amid high inflation and rising interest rates.

The bank's deal to acquire Renovite adds six new digital payment products. It is the latest in a series of investments designed to close the innovation gap created by fintechs.

The upstate New York bank took criticism last year over layoffs tied to its acquisition of People's United Financial. Connecticut's attorney general now has additional questions about both the job cuts and problems with a recent systems conversion.

The Minneapolis bank extended its purchase agreement until the end of 2022, six months after the deal's original targeted closing date. Large-bank acquisitions have been drawing closer regulatory scrutiny during the Biden administration.

The class-action lawsuit was brought on behalf of mortgage borrowers who were allegedly placed into forbearance during the early days of the pandemic without their consent.

The $536 million-asset credit union said the investment will "improve lives and close the racial and gender opportunity gaps" in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

The bank's web- and mobile-based chatbot was built using software from Amazon.

The bank, which is seeking regulatory approval of its proposed First Horizon purchase, said that a quarter of the branches will be in majority-minority or low-to-moderate income neighborhoods. Progressive groups have argued that the $13.4 billion acquisition would harm low-income communities.

Despite the market fluctuations, digital assets such as stablecoins are gaining ground as a point of sale option — but there's still a lot of work to be done before the average consumer is using crypto for everyday transactions.

Credit union members are twice as likely to own cryptocurrencies as nonmembers, and 25% of credit unions plan to launch crypto services, studies show. Here's a look at why that is, and the opportunities this trend presents.

The use cases for non-fungible tokens for consumer loyalty, gaming and other business purposes are expanding, while banks and payment companies step up their NFT experiments.

Allegiance Bancshares and CBTX received the final blessing they needed from the Fed to complete their proposed deal 10 months after it was announced. But regulators say the new company must take steps to attract more African American mortgage borrowers.