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Moving its loan operations beyond its geographic footprint, California's US Metro Bank shot up in our rankings of the best-performing community banks.

After naming a new CEO in March, the San Francisco bank has filled the second of two leadership voids created by executive resignations at the start of the year.

More than 250 midsize and large companies that do business with BofA have signed up for its corporate employee banking and investing program, which pulls double duty as a retention tool for the companies and a customer-growth engine for the bank. The initiative is part of a wave of such offerings by regional and large banks.

Chairman and CEO Craig Dwight is counting on the Indiana company's new president, Thomas Prame, to pursue nonbank acquisition targets after it scooped up more than a dozen banks in the past decade.

Tom Speir, a 13-year company veteran, will be in charge of merger and acquisition efforts at the Alabama bank.

SoFi and Qapital are among the challenger banks that are finding ways to make money, a rarity in a sector where most companies have grown customer tallies faster than revenue.

In markets such as India, China, the United Arab Emirates and Brazil, more consumers and merchants are testing or deploying facial recognition as a way to authenticate transactions.

Thomas Prame is leaving Old National Bancorp, which recently merged with his former employer First Midwest Bancorp, to join a smaller rival with aggressive growth plans.

A vast majority of IT leaders at banks want to ditch passwords for something better and safer, and many tech vendors are moving in that direction already. But it's easier said than done.

The Federal Reserve released its large bank requirements for 2023 based on the results from this year's stress test. Most of the banks tested will need to maintain or increase their tier one capital holdings.

Legal marijuana dispensaries typically can't accept regular payment cards. But after the pandemic drove broader adoption of online and in-app payments, consumers may finally be more willing to stop using cash when buying weed.

The agency acknowledged that loan performance in the sector has been strong, but cited several reasons to think that might change, including rising interest rates, the effects of inflation and uncertainty about the future of work and commerce.

Early Warning Services brought back its Authentify moniker for a new digital ID service. It's not being marketed as a way to stop P2P fraud, but it should appeal to banks wanting to improve security for online transactions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating some of the bank's credit card practices, including refunds, billing errors and credit bureau reporting, according to a securities filing Thursday.

A letter from Democratic senators seeking new details about unauthorized accounts is the latest political headwind for the Minneapolis bank. It comes on the heels of a $37.5 million fine by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

For too long, Community Reinvestment Act enforcement has relied on income to serve as a proxy for race. This must stop.

BayFirst Financial in Florida is using gross — not net — income to calculate how much credit smaller enterprises can be granted. Company officials say the Paycheck Protection Program used that approach with great success, but others contend the practice is risky for private-sector lenders.

In the lead-up to a data breach, phishing is second only to use of stolen credentials in terms of how attackers infiltrate institutions. Here's what else you need to know.