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Management, in exchange, has agreed to assist company lawyers in potentially lucrative actions against firms they blame for BlockFi's collapse including FTX and failed crypto hedge-fund Three Arrows Capital.

Ally, Truist, Citizens and SoFi are among the banks that offer student loan repayment benefits. The recent Supreme Court decision striking down President Biden's loan forgiveness plan could give a leg up to companies that provide such assistance to their employees.

The highest tier of vice presidents made 13% less, and all but the most junior associates saw their total compensation fall, according to a survey of about 250 U.K. bankers by global recruitment consultancy Dartmouth Partners.

In an amicus brief submitted to the Supreme Court Tuesday, the bicameral group of 132 Republican members of Congress argued that an appeals court was right to rule last year that the Bureau's funding system is unlawful.

JPMorgan Chase hired Silicon Valley Bank veteran John China to co-lead the business of banking venture capitalists and startups, part of the firm's growth strategy for the sector.

The biggest of the big banks don't like the Federal Reserve's new vision for bank capital, but the changes will hurt their regional peers more. Once again, the advantage lies with the megabanks.

At a hearing Tuesday, consumer advocates called for a ban on deferred interest credit cards, and CFPB Director Rohit Chopra echoed their concerns. The agency signaled that actions to combat unfair fees in the medical realm could be coming soon.

The announcement resolves the final outstanding order between Capital One and prudential regulators over its 2019 cyber incident.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Bank of America to repay $100 million to customers who were charged multiple penalty fees when their accounts did not have enough money to cover payments, as well as those who did not receive the credit card rewards they were promised. The bank was also fined for opening a small number of accounts without customers' authorization.

Sonata Bank is piloting a mobile bank account with fringe benefits for employees of franchise restaurants.

Leigh Brady recently took over as chief executive of SECU, the second-largest credit union in the U.S. Don't look for any mergers under her leadership, Brady said, but she will focus on branch expansion and improving SECU's use of technology.

Resetting allows CLOs to essentially cut the costs at which they borrow, leaving more money for holders of the riskiest and highest-returning part of the structure, the equity portion, after other note holders have been paid.

Guy Harris and Eric Hoffman joined the company's leadership team to help it manage an industrywide spike in suspect payments.

Mass arbitration is a fact of life in modern consumer finance litigation. Those hoping it will go away through court decisions or legislative change are primed to be sorely disappointed.

High interest rates could dampen demand for refinancing, which took a hit during the pandemic-era pause in federal student loan payments. "Curb your enthusiasm," one analyst said.

Adjusted for inflation, consumer spending has largely stalled after surging at the start of the year. Delinquency rates, meanwhile, are ticking up. 

While 48% of hiring managers admit to having bias, 68% think that AI could be the key to removing it from the hiring process.

The acting comptroller of the currency says regulators are aligned on rule changes, but noted that forthcoming policy proposals are being driven by more than just recent bank failures.

Some of the biggest banks on Wall Street are expected to go to trial in Illinois next month to face allegations they inflated interest rates on bonds to finance public works.