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The Financial Stability Oversight Council should adopt measures that help vulnerable communities. ... Read full article

American Banker's Rob Blackwell and Cowen’s Jaret Seiberg discuss Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the future of housing finance ... Read full article

As banks push customers to digital channels, they are losing opportunities to help and connect with consumers, according to Rilla Delorier, an executive vice president at the Oregon bank. ... Read full article

Digital payment innovators have shown an almost limitless propensity to home in on banks’ turf, and Citigroup is ready to strike back. ... Read full article

Letters to eight bank CEOs from the Idaho senator were a rebuttal to calls by some Democrats for financial institutions to cut ties with firearms manufacturers, prison companies and others. ... Read full article

Mainstream firms are joining the push to let cannabis firms use banks; the companies say they can help banks make lending decisions quicker. ... Read full article

Regional and community banks are working to finance the economic development districts created by the new law. But they have lots of questions about how the program works — and thoughts on how to improve it. ... Read full article

Two of three hires announced by the agency come from the Ohio bank, where the FDIC chairman formerly served as a top executive. ... Read full article

Lawmakers still have a long way to go before enacting housing finance reform, but the testimony could signal how future legislative talks will play out. ... Read full article

Billions of dollars in investments are pouring into digital payments, but the hefty numbers obscure a regulatory and competitive squeeze that could shut banks out of the profits for good. ... Read full article

The government-sponsored enterprises have continued to expand over the past decade, despite being in conservatorship. New leadership at the FHFA should reverse this trend. ... Read full article

The watchdog’s report — requested by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. — called for civil money penalty authority and better supervision to guard consumer data. ... Read full article

Citigroup Inc. is jumping into the battle over the $90 billion in swipe fees that merchants pay each year to process debit and credit cards. ... Read full article

Long-simmering tensions between the financial industry and Silicon Valley startups are erupting behind-the-scenes into a battle over the reams of valuable data held inside Americans' bank accounts. ... Read full article

A new feature from the microinvesting app Stash allows users to accumulate free stock in the companies where they spend money. ... Read full article

Varo Money might become the first challenger bank to get a national bank charter. CEO and co-founder Colin Walsh explains why he wants Varo to become a bank. ... Read full article

Artificial intelligence lets banks predict employee misconduct; banks will get more flexibility on how they count rate swaps. ... Read full article

The Silicon Valley partnership represents an extension of — but also a departure from — the consumer strategy that Goldman has been pursuing since the launch of its digital consumer bank, Marcus. ... Read full article