Allowing employees to work from home until the holiday will give Amex the chance to monitor the speed with which vaccines are distributed, CEO Stephen Squeri said in a memo to workers.

The Atlanta company joins a small list of banks that have sold loans to companies struggling with the coronavirus pandemic.

The application process was a mess in the first rounds of the Paycheck Protection Program. Fintechs say their efforts will make it go smoothly in the latest iteration.

Dave Uejio, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, promised to protect veterans from predatory loans and to crack down on companies that improperly garnish stimulus checks or mistreat struggling borrowers.

The pandemic has accelerated the card brand's shift toward providing ancillary services including analytics and dispute resolution.

The application process was a mess in the first rounds of the Paycheck Protection Program. Fintechs say their efforts will make it go smoothly in the latest iteration.

The credit union will provide a one-time stimulus check for all employees who worked through the COVID-19 crisis, similar to a recent move at Bank of America.

Flywire braced for disaster last year when the pandemic struck, with millions of foreign students canceling their academic plans indefinitely.