CFPB Releases 2017 Lists of Rural, Underserved Counties

The Federal Reserve is not tracking the information needed to improve the efficiency and timeliness of processing applications for community bank mergers and acquisitions, the Fed Office of Inspector General concluded in a new report.

Proposed acquisitions announced of banks in Michigan, Washington, Missouri and Iowa.

The State Department has formally launched a new bureau to combat cyber threats and other technological risks posed by other countries, ABC News reported.

Google, Meta, Amazon and other tech industry giants recently signed a voluntary accord pledging to take “proactive actions” to fight fraud and scams on their platforms and increase cooperation with law enforcement to identify financial fraud.

Most U.S. adults are seeking to maintain or improve their credit scores in 2026, but there remain many misconceptions about how they can do that, according to a new survey by credit scoring firm FICO.

Construction spending in January was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,190.4 billion, or 0.3 % below the revised December estimate of $2,197.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.