Rep. Maxine Waters is adding to the pressure that the North Carolina bank is feeling in connection with a community benefits plan that was mostly expected to benefit communities in California. First Citizens, which bought SVB from the FDIC, has so far been noncommittal.

Last year, just 31% of the bank's shareholders voted in favor of compensation packages for top executives. Support climbed to 89% this year after JPMorgan vowed not to make any more special one-time awards to Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon.

The Federal Reserve Board governor said adopting policies on climate change are not necessary and risk hurting the central bank's credibility.

Democrats and Republicans each said the other party's position on ESG investing carries additional costs for states.

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The resignation comes after the bank was placed on the state treasurer's list of fossil fuel industry boycotters.

The Cleveland-based bank says it will submit to a racial equity audit conducted by an outside law firm, as Citigroup and Wells Fargo have previously done. The bank's decision follows a request that regulators investigate Key's mortgage lending practices for alleged redlining.

Liberty Bank, an $11.6 million-asset lender in Salt Lake City, is the first FDIC-supervised bank in six years to be hit with the lowest Community Reinvestment Act rating possible twice in a row. Regulators identified an unspecified "illegal credit practice" during their review of the bank's performance.

The placement of Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank of America on the list makes them ineligible for state and local government contracts.

Kaua'i Federal Credit Union in Lihue is launching an "economic resiliency center" for members in the Kapa'a community. It hopes to support minority-owned businesses throughout the area by providing access to housing resources and other funding.