The bill, which also exempts community banks from the trading ban named for former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, would go a step further than the regulatory relief bill that passed the Senate.

As upstart companies mature, they face pressure to develop deeper relationships with their customers. That is leading some to offer to a wider range of products, including deposit accounts.

The subprime auto lender failed to disclose that it received fees for referring borrowers to CarMax, the used-car dealer, according to California's financial regulator.

Explosive growth in student lending was putting pressure on the capital ratios of the company, formerly Darien Rowayton Bank; a securitization got a big chunk of servicing strips off its books.

The San Francisco-based online lender reported a net loss of $115 million for 2017, more than half of which was connected to warrants issued in a deal that stabilized the struggling firm.

An affiliate of the private-equity firm Angel Oak is packaging bank-issued sub debt to minimize risk for bondholders. It recently completed its first securitization and has plans to issue two deals a year.

A bill to allow captive insurance companies to be reinstated as members of the Federal Home Loan Bank System appears to be dividing the FHLB community.

The online lender is hiring Kenneth Brause, a CIT Group executive, to succeed CFO Howard Katzenberg.

Citigroup plans to launch an online bank that will be marketed nationally. It is one of several large companies with an online bank or niche platform in operation or on the drawing board.

The online small-business lender is enjoying a payoff from its year-old push to cut costs and tighten underwriting standards. It is also set to announce another lending agreement with a major bank this year, its CEO said Tuesday.