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The agency has freed companies from reporting requirements and provided flexibility on exams to help them deal with COVID-19 fallout. It has also finished other regulatory relief efforts that were in the pipeline before the pandemic hit.

Nicolet Bankshares said its lagging stock price would complicate efforts to complete its planned purchase of Commerce Financial.

With rates so low — after steep emergency Federal Reserve cuts in response to the pandemic’s fallout — banks will struggle to generate bread-and-butter interest income and asset-sensitive lenders will face substantial net interest margin contraction this year and next, analysts say.

Saul Van Beurden's team is tasked with keeping systems running during the pandemic, including driving equipment to homebound workers. Yet the bank must continue making upgrades demanded by regulators, investing in new technology and recruiting top talent, he says.

Kent Hiteshew, who was recently hired by the Fed to help with the municipal market, said the Municipal Liquidity Facility opened Monday.

As the coronavirus crisis fuels even stronger demands for early earned wage access, Ceridian seeks to rise above the competition with its own on-demand digital wallet and prepaid Mastercard.

American Express Chief Executive Steve Squeri said a majority of the company’s employees will work remotely through 2020 as it seeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Bracing for a prolonged economic slowdown, many community bankers say they are considering a number of belt-tightening measures, including freezing salaries and delaying investments in technology and product development, according to a survey by Promontory Interfinancial Group.

The coronavirus pandemic has had an immediate impact on a wide swath of consumer spending habits and payment choices — some of which may remain in place for some time after the crisis subsides — as certain categories such as travel have fallen to the wayside and others such as grocery stores have risen as more consumers eat meals at home.

Operation HOPE Chief Executive John Hope Bryant talks about how the Community Reinvestment Act influenced him at the age of 9 and eventually led to the founding of his nonprofit, which works with banks to help communities in need. But he says the 1977 law is outdated.

Bankers call credit unions’ latest efforts to ease limits on member business lending opportunistic. Credit unions say they're trying to help with the recovery effort.

Remote work has hampered business payment systems. Automated decentralized options are key to continuity, says Nvoicepay's Josh Cyphers.

Triad Business Bank in North Carolina, which opened in March, has made $106 million in Paycheck Protection loans.

New Peoples Bankshares said the layoffs were necessary because of the coronavirus pandemic and "a changing financial services industry."

The interim rule will allow institutions with over $250 billion of assets to exclude certain assets from the supplementary leverage ratio to help them respond to the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

The central bank's Financial Stability Report said companies may face difficulties repaying debt given lower earnings, “which could trigger a sizable increase in firm defaults."

The Pittsburgh company’s sale of its stake in the asset manager yielded billions of dollars that could cushion the pandemic’s economic blow and eventually help fund a big acquisition.

Complaints to the CFPB hit an all-time high, with mortgage servicers getting much of the fire; Frank Bisignano details his priorities as Fiserv’s new CEO; lenders worry they could be stuck with billions in Paycheck Protection Program loans; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

Democrats’ latest proposal to back debt collectors, enable loans for nonprofits and provide other relief could help steer negotiations with the Senate on more stimulus.

Democrats’ latest proposal to back debt collectors, enable loans for nonprofits and provide other relief could help steer negotiations with the Senate on more stimulus.