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Nickels, which works with the credit union service organization Reseda Group, is using its $4 million seed funding to give financial institutions more visibility into consumers' debts.

Congress will eventually turn its attention to the fact that taxpayers are subsidizing payments to large financial institutions.

Fidelity Investments is hiring an additional 100 people for its digital assets unit, stepping up an expansion that started in May and taking advantage of turmoil among crypto firms to lure talent. 

Credit bureaus should know better than to include "impossible" data, such as someone defaulting on a loan before they were born, says Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra.

U.S. central bankers said the next phase in their campaign to curb inflation will be to debate how high to raise interest rates and when to slow the pace of increases.

U.S. Bank's new M&A closing date, and new rewards card, and more in banking news this week.

Paydowns at the Arkansas bank, which specializes in commercial real estate lending, fell by $1 billion from the prior quarter as refinancing activity slowed amid soaring interest rates. The result was stronger loan growth.

A Bloomberg News analysis found more than 45 groups and pages — with more than 1 million combined members — where the spoils of cyber crimes and the tools needed to carry them out were offered for sale.

The Cincinnati bank reported strong growth from Dividend Finance, which offers renewable energy loans, and Provide, which lends money to health care professionals. The two units were bright spots as the company's net income dropped by 7.2%.

The Florida company is making progress after recent moves into Atlanta and Dallas, CEO Rajinder Singh said. Growth in Atlanta is meeting expectations, and the company is weighing lending options in Dallas, where it currently focuses on deposit-gathering.