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Two proposals by Democratic state senators would force companies doing business in the Golden State to report greenhouse gas emissions and disclose climate-related financial risks. The banking trade group opposed similar efforts two years ago.

The North Carolina bank's new financing program will allow electric car buyers to include the cost of an at-home charging station in their auto loan.

Fierce, which Rob Cornish launched Wednesday, offers a high-yield cash account and the ability to buy securities, including fractional shares.

The New York Stock Exchange busted more than 4,000 trades in 251 symbols due to an opening auction malfunction two weeks ago. Market participants and analysts recommend automating systems and upgrading technologies.

One of Germany's greenest banks has quit the world's biggest climate-finance alliance in protest, citing concerns that Wall Street is preventing the group from achieving its stated goal.

The models that underpin the central bank's climate risk management exercise are deeply flawed and unsuited to the task at hand.

Proposals submitted to several of the largest U.S. banks seek stronger commitments on reducing financing for the fossil-fuel industry and 2030 greenhouse gas emission targets.

The Nebraska Bankers Association says legislation to prevent the state treasurer from depositing public funds in banks that would use them to fund environmental or social causes is "too vague."

Six Wall Street banks are being pressed by a group of shareholders to move faster on reducing their financing of fossil fuels to meet global climate goals.

Community bankers already have decades of experience managing concentration risks and responding to extreme weather events and natural disasters in their communities.