A federal district court has ruled that the Trump administration is legally required to continue securing funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and cannot allow its funding to lapse.​ What the ruling says U.S. District Judge Amy Berman ...

Student loan delinquencies and defaults are rising sharply, and the federal government is restarting aggressive collection tactics, including garnishing wages, tax refunds, and some benefits from borrowers in default. ​ What is happening now Serious student loan delinquency (90+ days ...

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) announced a consent order with Birmingham, Alabama-based SouthPoint Bank that concerns “charges of unsafe or unsound banking practices and/or violations of law or regulation relating to weaknesses in management, asset quality, capital, earnings, and ...

Gen Z is neither simply “rewriting” nor “ruining” personal finance; the generation is adapting money rules to harsher economics and different values, with both smart innovations and some real risks.​ What Gen Z Is Doing Differently Gen Z is leading ...

As the D.C. Circuit evaluates the legality of proposed CFPB layoffs, Stuart Levenbach’s nomination from the OMB serves as a tactical move to maintain Russell Vought as acting CFPB director into June 2026. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

7 17 Credit Union’s western expansion plan began Friday with the merger of Teamsters Local 92 Federal Credit Union in Canton, the Warren-headquartered financial institution announced in a news release. The Teamsters branch will close, and 7 17 will serve ...

First Financial Bancorp has completed its all-stock acquisition of Chicago-based BankFinancial Corporation, with the deal closing on January 1, 2026.​ Key transaction details The transaction is an all-stock deal valued at approximately 140–142 million dollars.​ Each BankFinancial common share is ...

Every trade show you attend these days you see “AI voice” outreach platforms promising to replace human agents. “They’re cheaper.” “They’re better.” “They’re more compliant.” As if consumers would rather talk to a bot than a person. Leave that alone– ...

The phrase is the headline of a new Politico story about President Donald Trump’s push to effectively dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and why many community banks say that move could actually hurt them competitively.​ What the article ...