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A more active Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, competition from Big Tech and sanctions on Russia are combining to make compliance a much larger concern than in the past, according to legal experts who spoke at American Banker's Payments Forum.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and fellow Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Raphael Warnock support $50,000 in student debt relief, which is five times what the president has indicated he would support. 

While red states like Florida have embraced the cryptocurrency industry, officials in New York and Illinois are taking action on Democratic Party priorities such as diversity and climate change. Here's a look at some hotbeds of innovative policymaking.

Kinecta Federal and Hawaii State Federal are launching smaller, high-efficiency branches and creatively managing real estate to better meet members where they are as well as cater to a younger demographic.

The lawsuit filed by the Philadelphia company's CEO claims an opposing board faction lacks a quorum. Hill seeks to bar the group from reinstalling founder Harry Madonna.

The new service, which will offer one-on-one advice, is open to people with at least $100,000 in investable assets. It’s part of the company’s ongoing efforts to build a full suite of retail banking products.

Pete Gates, president and CEO of Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union in Clinton Township, Michigan, will retire at the end of 2022. The search has begun for his successor.

The startup, whose name suggests its purpose of helping companies attract and retain employees, lets companies offer cash incentives to talented recruits that are vested over several years, motivating them to stay in their jobs for a while.

In international news this week, BNP Paribas extends a credit line with green incentives to Ant Group; four NatWest bank units were penalized for overcharges on interchange fees; Experian agreed to buy a stake in a Brazilian fintech; and more.

Mastercard said it would help pay for workers to travel to access abortions if pregnancy terminations aren’t available in their home state.

Some lawmakers and experts say that the administration's preference for stablecoin issuers to hold bank charters could have the unintended consequence of putting more risk into the banking system.

The company, which enjoys a large market share as a data aggregator to fintechs and banks, is adding account onboarding, identity verification and fraud detection to the array of services it offers.

Goldman Sachs Group is losing its most powerful Black women, according to new data the firm released in a report on its website. 

The central bank has a long history of diluting the effectiveness of the Community Reinvestment Act.

Organizations are driving to become fully automated enterprises, but single point solutions are putting that goal at risk.

Segpay's employees returned to their Florida desks nearly two years ago. Oregon-based Umpqua Bank has permanently adopted a hybrid approach. Both strategies are succeeding, executives at the companies say.

The U.S. is forcing Wall Street banks to embark on a systematic search through more than 100 personal mobile phones carried by top traders and dealmakers in the largest-ever probe into clandestine messaging on platforms such as WhatsApp.

Click here for an overview of No. 1-10 on American Banker's annual list of the highest-performing banks with less than $2 billion of assets and a full breakdown of all the banks on the roster.

Perennial No. 1 Oregon Bancorp, which operates as Willamette Valley Bank, boasts strong sources of fee and interest income, sound underwriting and vibrant geographic markets. It’s a formula shared by many on American Banker's list of the 200 highest-performing publicly traded small banks.