Banking

The Independent Community Bankers of America wants Congress to eliminate tax exemptions for credit unions with more than $1 billion of assets, scaling back an earlier request that would have targeted the entire credit union sector.

Bakkt is losing contracts with the bank and Webull just months after the company's acquisition talks with Donald Trump's Trump Media fell through.

The New York bank's moves add to a series of workforce reductions across Wall Street as bosses navigate an uncertain economic outlook.

The payment company's listing comes amid market and political volatility, but the Swedish firm has its strong recent financial performance and distribution deals with JPMorgan Chase and Walmart on its side.

The U.S. arm of Spanish banking giant Banco Santander is offering a high-yield savings account through its digital bank, Openbank, to eligible Verizon customers, a move that will introduce Santander to millions of potential new customers.

Coastal Financial's decision to report a material weakness won't impact previously disclosed bottom-line results, though it creates bad optics for the Everett-based company.

The suburban Atlanta banks, both of which specialize in lending to Korean-American businesses, plan to merge in a $206 million cash-and-stock deal.

President Donald Trump's executive order severely limiting the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institution Fund has thrown the industry into confusion as financial companies try to quantify the damage.

It's been rare for a fintech to win regulatory approval to become a bank, with none receiving approval under President Joe Biden and only a few successfully obtaining charters before that.

Amid troubling news of tariffs and layoffs, dropping delinquencies offer a rare sign of consumer health.

London-based OakNorth has amassed a sizable U.S. loan portfolio and had been seeking a U.S. charter to simplify its funding model.

An executive order issued late Friday cut the Treasury Department Community Development Financial Institution Fund and other federal programs to their legal minimum.

Finwise Bancorp believes a new plan to hold more of the fintech loans it originates on its balance sheet will boost profits in 2025.

GetAugie targets consumers new to credit, undercutting mainstream banks' secured cards that often charge an annual fee and carry hefty annual percentage rates.

Prometeo aims to make business-to-business payments and remittances between the U.S. and Latin America easier and cheaper.

Bankers' surveys of commercial clients have found that corporate decision-makers are less concerned about adverse tariff effects than nervous investors.

Thirty-eight TD Bank locations and 24 Flagstar branches are set to shut down. Both banks are coming out of tumultuous periods.