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The Birmingham, Ala., company is also looking to bulk up in Atlanta, Houston, Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn. ... Read full article

The Treasury secretary said reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will come into focus more in 2019, when Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt’s term will end. ... Read full article

Mike Cagney, who built SoFi into America's biggest student loan refinancer before quitting amid allegations of sexual harassment at the fintech firm, is preparing for his second act: a startup offering home-equity loans. ... Read full article

Banks often get pushback for spending on improvements to service, but these investments could help retain customers for decades. ... Read full article

Vice chairman set to leave agency on Monday; big regionals are caught in the middle, losing share to both the biggest national banks and community institutions. ... Read full article

The Boston bank said Monday it received a "satisfactory" Community Reinvestment Act rating after being downgraded on its last exam. ... Read full article

There is no disputing that China is ahead of the rest of the world in mobile payments. What insight does it offer U.S. bankers? ... Read full article

Since taking office in November of last year, acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney's actions have sparked outrage seemingly at every turn, including several times just last week. ... Read full article

Borrowers can get better rates elsewhere, so they're repaying ahead of schedule, leaving banks in the lurch. The steps lenders would have to take to keep the business could be prohibitively expensive. ... Read full article

The U.S. subsidiary of the Spanish banking giant BBVA said Friday that direct consumer loans increased 40% in the first quarter and that its digital strategy is bearing fruit. ... Read full article

The outgoing No. 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the agency's former chair say the proposed changes would increase the likelihood of another financial crisis. ... Read full article

FDIC Vice Chairman Thomas Hoenig has been a tough critic of risky practices by big banks and a key voice among federal regulators in support of stronger capital requirements. ... Read full article

In addition to changing the name of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the acting director wants to also nix public complaints; the good, bad and ugly in Zelle's ascendance; a case study for digital outage recovery; and more from this ... Read full article

Not a penny of the $1 billion fine against Wells Fargo will end up in the hands of customers harmed by practices flagged by regulators. ... Read full article

Wells may have tried to lure 401(k) customers into more expensive IRAs; Hensarling says he will go along with Senate version of Dodd-Frank rollback. ... Read full article

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. is asking CFPB’s top ethics official if the agency has taken steps to ensure Mulvaney is excluded from matters involving banks and other firms that contributed to his campaign when he was a congressman. ... Read full article

Readers weigh in on the action at Wells Fargo’s annual meeting, debate the idea of changing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s name, chime in on a postal banking proposal and more. ... Read full article

The credit card lender reported a decline in pretax earnings, but a sharply reduced tax bill led to a 17% profit gain. ... Read full article