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Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., suggested Tuesday that the National Flood Insurance Program should boost its insurance coverage to $427,000 in an effort to put it on sounder fiscal footing.

New York's financial regulator had sought to expand licensing requirements for certain fintech firms through a provision in the state's budget, but the provision was not included.

The bank’s clients now have a simpler alternative for logging in to treasury management and other commercial accounts, part an effort by bankers to offer business customers more convenient high-tech services that are still secure.

If the Federal Reserve and other central banks began issuing their own digital currencies, they could benefit consumers, boost the economy and fight financial crime. But not without risks to cybersecurity, individual privacy — and possibly bank profits.

Over the past six months Wells Fargo and U.S. Bancorp (for vastly different reasons) have activated their CEO succession plans, sparking questions about who else is in line to lead the industry’s large banks. Here are some of our most intriguing objects of speculation.