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The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee kept its benchmark interest rate steady Wednesday amid an intensifying effort from the White House to gain a governing majority on the central bank's board.

Acquiring Stellar Bancorp will create the second-largest Texas-headquartered bank, with a No. 5 deposit share in the massive Houston marketplace.

There are qualities in people and organizations that experts, trying to predict future performance, routinely miss. That includes internal alignment of team members around a strong corporate culture.

As the Federal Open Market Committee announces its near-term interest rate plans Wednesday, market watchers expect the central bank to hold interest rates steady as policymakers seek greater clarity on the health of the economy.

Julia Carreon is suing the bank, alleging she suffered race and sex discrimination, including sexual harassment by Andy Sieg, the bank's head of wealth management. On Tuesday, Citi hit back by filing a petition to compel arbitration and accusing Carreon of making false claims.

The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based bank expects the pace of loan growth to quicken this year, driven in part by its nine-month-old warehouse lending business.

The bill, known as the STOP Act, was introduced by State Sen. Samra Brouk and Assemblymember Steven Raga, and proposes that any wage or cash advance be considered a loan and subject to the state's 16% civil usury law.

Prosecutors argued the 23-year-old courier knew he was aiding criminals, citing texts about "gold rushing" and scammer videos on his phone.

Merchants have mostly been silent on President Trump's call for a cap on credit-card interest rates. But they'd take a "huge hit" under such a plan, Synchrony CEO Brian Doubles said Tuesday.

A Delaware judge denied HoldCo Asset Management's emergency motion for a temporary restraining order to stop the deal from closing. Fifth Third plans to complete its purchase on Feb. 1.

TD Bank's Ruchira Ghosh, Northwest Bank's John Fick and Visa's Hector Rodriguez, with moderation by American Banker's Penny Crosman

The card network's Start Path engagement program is scouring the technology world for entrepreneurs working on the new form of artificial intelligence.

The risk facing U.S. banks is not that stablecoins will suddenly siphon deposits through yield alone. It is that deposits will gradually follow utility as financial experiences improve elsewhere.

At a time when banks have tokenization, stablecoin and blockchain projects in the works, senior leaders will exchange ideas at a New York conference.

State regulators say proposed changes by the Federal Reserve that would make state bank examiners the primary boots on the ground will make bank examinations faster, but could cause some issues to go overlooked.