The tight labor market and public pressure to raise minimum wages are expected to nudge noninterest expenses upward in a year when the watchword is cost control.

Broadway Financial prefers a small balance sheet and loans to real estate investors that offer affordable housing. Capital Corps and its founder, Steven Sugarman, want the bank to expand by making more loans directly to low- and moderate-income borrowers.

Congress should further expand a tiered regulatory system to help community banks better serve local neighborhoods.

Ag lenders say the Trump administration’s waivers for oil refineries threaten another source of revenue for corn growers and ethanol makers.

The fintech, which translates foreign credit reports to help immigrants get loans, says it has raised millions from venture capital firms and celebrities like Alex Rodriguez and U2's The Edge because its product addresses important economic and social needs.

A New Jersey jury has put banks and other businesses on notice about their liability for incidents involving clients who mistreat employees in the workplace.

Capital Corps, founded by former Banc of California CEO Steven Sugarman, wants the minority-run Broadway sold to a buyer that serves low- and moderate-income borrowers.

Traditional ATMs are vanishing in the U.K. and other parts of the world, but there may be a growing market for their crypto counterparts.

Regulators are alarmed about banks' rising exposure to high-risk corporate credits and want more data on how they would perform in a recession.

Bankers groups are keeping close tabs on a host of legislative and gubernatorial proposals, from prize-linked savings accounts in Iowa to rent control in Massachusetts to a slew of bills modeled after California's recently passed data privacy law.

The Iowa company will pay $280 million to gain 25 branches and $1.2 billion in loans.

The German challenger bank said that its "several hundred thousand" customers in the U.K. have until April 15 to withdraw money or transfer it to another account.

Ken Karels will be succeeded by Mark Borrecco, who had been CEO of Rabobank's U.S. bank.

The agency released two new manual supplements and other materials to help nonbanks and its own staff better understand application procedures.

On Sep. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

On Sep. 30, 2019. Dollars in thousands.

It was Varo's second try with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., but it has now moved within a few steps of obtaining what has eluded fintech firms of late: a green light from banking regulators.

The digital-only bank found customers are anxious about their inability to set aside money, so it decided to offer automated savings tools, consumer chief Diane Morais says. It is one of the larger companies to do so.

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Shifting to a seamless, customer-centric automation strategy can help credit unions better compete with the big banks while also meeting consumer expectations set by the likes of Amazon, Uber and more.