Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is accusing Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell of doing the financial industry's bidding by considering changes to a sweeping set of regulations aimed at boosting the capital cushion that large American banks would be required to hold.In a June 17 letter first obtained by CNBC,...
Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesApple device users will soon be able to tap into buy now, pay later loans from Affirm for purchases, the companies said Tuesday.Affirm will surface as an option for U.S. Apple Pay users on iPhones and iPads later this year, the San Francisco-based...
Jelena McWilliams, chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021.Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThere is an $85 million shortfall between what partner banks of fintech middleman Synapse are...
Ira L. Black - Corbis | Corbis News | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Small Business Administration plans to unveil new government-backed credit lines of up to $5 million for small businesses, SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman told CNBC.The SBA is launching a working capital pilot program in the coming months...
Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty ImagesWhen Adam Moelis co-founded a fintech startup named Yotta in 2019, he wanted to give Americans a new way to save money to help them cushion the ups and downs of life.Instead, his company has inadvertently been a source of deep pain for...
Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Thomas Moynihan speaks during the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Wall Street firms, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersU.S. consumers and businesses alike have turned cautious about spending this year...
Sarinyapinngam | Istock | Getty ImagesA dispute between a fintech startup and its banking partners has ensnared potentially millions of Americans, leaving them without access to their money for nearly two weeks, according to recent court documents.Since last year, Synapse — an Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup that serves as a...
Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on June 14, 2023.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau declared on Wednesday that customers of the burgeoning buy now, pay later industry must abide by the same federal...
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled Annual Oversight of Wall Street Firms, in the Hart Building on Dec. 6, 2023.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesJamie Dimon thinks shares of JPMorgan Chase are expensive.That was...
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., at the UK Global Investment Summit at Hampton Court Palace in London, UK, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJamie Dimon's days as CEO of JPMorgan Chase are numbered — though its unclear by how much.In...