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New president suggests less regulation and meets with bank leaders; state and city check for illegal lending activity.

Although higher corporate debt could hurt the economy, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell argued changes made since the last crisis will guard against a meltdown.

Credit unions are helping out in a number of ways, including one institution that provided scholarships to student who excelled at a game about personal finance.

Credit Union Trust, a new credit union service organization, has obtained a bank charter that it will use in offering trust and investment-related services.

Vernon Hill's U.K. bank sold $479 million of new stock and issued fresh details about its turnaround efforts. Those included plans to cease its controversial practice of purchasing design and branding services from a business owned by Hill's wife.

Meridian Corp. may have breached sales agreements after originating nearly $100 million in loans in a state where it lacked a license.

As Metro Bank’s problems mount, calls for Hill’s ouster as chairman are getting louder.

The total includes donations to community groups helping low-income people, support for the development of financial coaching programs and investment in the creation and testing of fintech tools that can help underserved people.

The Illinois company will gain six offices after it buys Investors' Security Trust.

The U.S. government stepped up collections on delinquent student debt to $2.9 billion last year — or an average of $1,000 from 2.9 million former students and their cosigners, according to the Treasury Department.

The London bank, founded by American entrepreneur Vernon Hill, has lost three-fourths of its market value since British regulators found that some of Metro’s mortgages were given the wrong risk weighting.

Plinqit, led by a former banker, was developed specifically for community banks as a way to appeal to young customers.

The company said it could use proceeds from selling common and preferred stock to increase lending and add branches.

The presidential contender’s plan to eliminate more than $1 trillion in student loan debt could have far-reaching implications for credit unions

The Pittsburgh bank says it is selling the assets to Federated Investors to focus its PNC Capital Advisors unit on providing outsourced services.

New initiatives could give a boost to an already widely charitable industry, but fickle consumers and uncertain economic waters could prove a challenge.

Profitability improved significantly last year for banks with less than $2 billion of assets, but not because of anything they did. Some troubling trends lurk beneath those big gains too.

The Money Anxiety Index, a measure of consumer saving and spending habits, has started rising off a 50-year low. The economist who created it says that means another slump is nearing, and that banks should use the intel in pricing deposits and making other decisions.

When a tweet drew backlash from customers and politicians on Monday, it brought into question how banks should couch their messages on social media.