The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says it is in favor of consumer choice, but its shifting position on earned wage access calls that commitment into question.

A mixed-race couple claims a "whitewashed" valuation in 2023 returned a price 39% higher than the depository-approved result a year earlier.

She mixed outspoken activism with business pragmatism, launching a bank that helped hundreds of African Americans buy homes in her longtime community.

Characterizing them as 'schemes' unfairly impugns a service that cash-strapped consumers value and have come to count on.

People should have the option of having their rent and utilities payment history reported to credit bureaus in order to build up their credit history.

The longtime Most Powerful Women in Banking honoree looks back on her 40-year career and the power of persistence.

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and the financial services industry should take the opportunity to step up for survivors.

As part of a settlement with the Justice Department, Patriot Bank must invest more than $1 million of the total in a loan subsidy fund for minority homeowners and take other corrective steps in its everyday business. The bank denied any wrongdoing.

New federal standards for responsible lending should trigger a surge of new capital into underserved communities, as concerns about reputational risk are allayed.

The country's largest credit union is learning the hard way that failure to assure inclusivity in lending practices is a recipe for both financial and reputational damage.