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The agreement marks the latest example of the banking giant teaming with a fintech to speed up delivery of services to its customers. ... Read full article

Capital One became the latest bank to feel customers' online wrath last week after reports that some customers were being charged twice for debit card activity. But they were hardly alone. ... Read full article

The bank says it received an “outstanding” rating on its most recent Community Reinvestment Act examination. Its previous rating, a “needs to improve,” not only was bad publicity but restricted its ability to buy banks. ... Read full article

U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly on Wednesday said CFPB Deputy Director Leandra English's case was unlikely to succeed on the merits and did not demonstrate irreparable harm. ... Read full article

The CFPB's recent freeze on collecting any personally identifiable information from companies it supervises is slowing investigations and could ultimately cripple the agency's enforcement function — and that may be the point. ... Read full article

In some ways the Canadian bank's U.S. consumer business is only now shaking off many of its crisis-era problems here. CEO Darryl White is pinning his retail-comeback hopes on a rejuvenated sales culture and a focus on more profitable customers. ... Read full article

The Fed said Wednesday that the system paid roughly $80.2 billion to the Treasury in 2017, a 13% drop from a year earlier because of an increase in interest payments to member banks for reserve balances. ... Read full article

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari acknowledges that his plan to raise capital at the biggest banks and ease burden for smaller ones isn't likely to be enacted soon, but says its time will come. ... Read full article

The final plan to end "too big to fail" suggests that banks with less than $10 billion be subject to a much less complicated risk-based capital regime, akin to what was required in Basel I. ... Read full article

The central bank is beginning to consider the possibility of a “digital dollar,” which will foster more efficient and transparent payments. ... Read full article

The two senators are set to introduce a bill that would force such firms to pay $100 per customer whose personal information was compromised. ... Read full article

The McLean, Va., company said that the personnel moves were unrelated to either its financial performance or its risk performance. ... Read full article

Examiners focus too much on how many suspicious activity reports banks file and too little on the true riskiness of their activities, according to lawmakers and industry representatives. ... Read full article

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on five bills, three of which are included in the deal negotiated between Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and moderate Democrats. ... Read full article

The elimination of a key deduction that had worked as a cap on CEO salaries, combined with investor pressure to maintain performance incentives, could lead to an upward drift in compensation for top executives of many banks. ... Read full article

J. Mark McWatters of the National Credit Union Administration will have no favorites among community financial institutions. ... Read full article

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said Tuesday that policymakers need to take a hard look at cryptocurrencies. Senate Banking Chairman Mike Crapo agreed the issue was ripe for a hearing. ... Read full article

The late-payment rate on loans frequently used to consolidate credit card debt hit its highest level in more than four years. ... Read full article