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The two regional banks announced plans to abandon nonsufficient fund fees and make other moves that will reduce the revenue they collect from cash-strapped consumers.

The American Bankers Association’s credit conditions index fell sharply, as economists foresaw dampening loan demand. The weaker outlook lines up with major bank CEOs’ increased worries over a possible recession.

The California tech giant's take on pay-in-four installment loans has a top-of-wallet positioning that banks and merchants are unlikely to be able to match.

An American Bankers Association panel of experts predicted much slower economic growth, but agreed that the U.S. economy will avoid a recession over the next couple of years.

The inventory shortage is beginning to ease, while demand is slowing due to high prices and rising mortgage rates.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon expressed even deeper concern Wednesday about the likelihood of an economic downturn than he has in recent months. Wells Fargo CEO Charlie Scharf was less pessimistic, but he still spoke of the “reality that the economy has to slow.”

In a letter Tuesday to CEO Charlie Scharf, Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown pointed to recent media reports and said he expected Wells Fargo to develop a plan addressing “weaknesses that have plagued the bank for almost a decade.”

Mortgage companies selling loans to the government-sponsored enterprise will be able to use the information for one type of employment check as well as to validate income and assets.

Executives at banks north of the border pointed this week to several potential U.S. economic snags, including inflation, the possibility of a housing market correction and soaring energy prices.

The nation's largest bank indicated Monday that it may again offer home equity lines of credit to a wide audience. Rising mortgage rates have made the product more attractive after a long drought when low rates suppressed demand.

Bank of America is moving three months early on its most recent plan to raise its hourly base pay. “Until the labor market eases, the weight of wage growth is going to be strong,” CEO Brian Moynihan said during a CNBC interview.

Corrigan thrived on crisis situations, a colleague said. He received plenty of practice in 25 years at the Fed and another two decades at Goldman Sachs.

A more active Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, competition from Big Tech and sanctions on Russia are combining to make compliance a much larger concern than in the past, according to legal experts who spoke at American Banker's Payments Forum.

Only about 31% of the bank’s shareholders voted Tuesday in favor of a nonbinding “say on pay” resolution. The harsh verdict followed a one-time award of $52.6 million in stock options to keep Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon on the job for five more years.

Completion of U.S. Bancorp’s $8 billion acquisition of MUFG Union Bank, originally slated for June, has been pushed to the second half of 2022, the seller’s parent company says.

The Federal Reserve’s forceful moves to fight inflation are resetting expectations about how quickly banks will need to start raising their deposit rates.

While longtime non-QM companies have originated mortgages in the segment for years, new contenders have come into the market as the number of potential customers who fit into the category grows.

GradFin offers advisory services to Americans who want assistance with their student loans. The acquisition is part of the Cleveland bank’s strategy of adding niche digital businesses.

Multiple factors have slowed residential sales, tightening the market for home loans for banks and credit unions.