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After edging past Wall Street's estimates, the Cleveland-based bank expressed higher hopes for its loan book as well as the macro environment.

The bank is reportedly considering allowing bitcoin and ethereum to back loans. Volatility in digital assets would make it a difficult market, according to payment experts.

The credit card issuer renewed and extended its 15-year partnership with Amazon and touted fresh partnerships with Walmart and PayPal as wins, but lowered its full-year guidance due to lower purchase volumes and higher payment rates.

Eastern Financial Corp. provides a rich source of low-cost deposits that the larger Mercantile Bancorp can put to work in funding its much stronger loan growth.

Countries around the world are retreating from the economic integration that drove growth in the post-Cold War era. The result will be an unnecessary hindrance of progress.

A July pickup in activity is just a start, experts say. The banking industry's drive for scale and greater efficiency is expected to drive a renewed wave of consolidation, pushing the institution count lower.

Administration of the Community Development Financial Institution Fund at the Treasury Department will be led by the CDFI Fund's legal counsel following the resignation of the fund's director.

Paxos and Mastercard are among the firms betting that legal clarity will lead to a wider range of stablecoin users.

Google, Oliver Wyman and Corridor Platforms offer bankers a safe space where they can experiment with using generative artificial intelligence for customer interactions.

The Treasury's financial crime agency delayed enforcement of a variety of Bank Secrecy Act requirements for investment advisors in order to gain time to revise and tailor regulations.