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Here’s a community bank that is growing good will with local residents — literally. The staff at an Independence Bank branch in Hopkins County, Ky., tends an acre of farmland before and after work, with their crops going to help feed the needy.

The agency will charge higher upfront premiums for most Home Equity Conversion Mortgage borrowers while lowering the annual premium.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s likely decision to pare back its final rule on small-dollar lending may help guard it against a congressional rollback and pave the way for bankers to return to the space.

Can the internet giants peek at bank data, or eavesdrop on conversations with customers, sent over their gadgets? Here are the facts and the fuzzy areas.

The company, which has faced pressure to sell from an activist investor, had been operating with an interim leader since December.