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The deal marks the first time that the retail giant will enable its customers to use fixed-rate loans, rather than credit cards, for big-ticket purchases in its stores and online.

The root of the credit reporting sector’s problems may be its dominance by a handful of big firms, lawmakers from both parties said at a hearing.

Ronald Rubin, who was a CFPB enforcement attorney, will head an office overseeing nearly 200 state-chartered banks.

The drudgery of filling out forms and changing bills prevents many customers from swapping banks. One fintech has simplified that exchange, and banks are willing to pay it to deliver them new customers.

The Securities and Exchange Commission rejected the banks' arguments that the proposals amounted to shareholder micromanagement and that they have made ample disclosures.

The CEO of the nation's biggest bank gave the fintech props for revolutionizing payments and then building off its success to provide a whole range of services to small-business clients.

The agency wants to increase the maximum SBA Express loan to $1 million from $350,000 to pump up volume.

The root of the credit reporting sector’s problems may be its dominance by a handful of big firms, lawmakers from both parties said at a hearing.

The foray into digital consumer lending follows a similar move by rival Citigroup.

The Small Business Administration should consider partnering with fintechs, which have the capacity to approve loans quickly, to help avoid the kind of application backlog the agency faced after the last government shutdown.

Credit Union Student Choice's decision to open a management center in Texas follows a similar move by Pentagon Federal Credit Union earlier this year.

The company also said at its investor day that the fourth-quarter slowdown in trading activity has continued into the new year.

Neptune Financial, an online business lender, will help the global bank reach commercial customers it was missing before and could ultimately be a $1.5 trillion opportunity, an HSBC executive says.

Consumer lending margins in the United States strengthened at the Canadian bank, which overall saw more growth in business lending than consumer lines in its fiscal first quarter.

Bank makes first hires for its corporate cash management business; the former Fed chair says the industry is too focused on profits.

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The bank said in its annual report that anticipated store closings could reduce both new account acquisitions and purchase volume.

Ahead of testimony by the CEOs of the major bureaus, House Financial Services Committee leaders proposed sweeping changes for the credit reporting industry and credit-score protections for furloughed government workers.

The Badger State's institutions also saw earnings and allowance for loan losses increase.