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Jo Jagadish, who joined TD Bank in April as head of commercial products and payments innovation, spent her childhood moving country to country, so she's used to a world without borders — the kind world emerging from the capabilities of fintech and demands of the pandemic.

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A proposal to expand consumer protections in the state was added to a budget bill after being dropped in June. Financial institutions say the measure conflicts with federal law and are working behind the scenes to stop it.

A pilot program that would let banks, credit unions and challenger banks bid to offer financial services within rural and inner-city post offices could be a first step in serving the underbanked while also helping to shore up the U.S. Postal Service's finances.

The Canadian bank is doing something few U.S. institutions have done: build an online hub with tutorials designed expressly to simplify the online banking process for newcomers.