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Spending on cards continued to increase during the third quarter, while loan balances rose slightly and payment rates began to return to more normal levels. A top company executive expressed confidence that loan growth will pick up but said, “It’s going to take time.”

Banks working with Swift, The Clearing House and EBA Clearing have completed a successful pilot transaction from the U.S. to Europe and are ready to bring the system to other international corridors.

Cybersecurity teams are using scoring systems, standard formats and other tactics to prioritize the deluge of alerts they're receiving about commonly used programs.

The San Francisco bank reported a 26% increase in its third-quarter earnings, thanks to robust single-family, multifamily and commercial real estate loan activity in New York, Boston and its home city.

The cryptocurrency market is double the size of the subprime debt in the U.S. on the eve of the financial crisis and poses a threat unless urgently regulated, the Bank of England said.

Some policymakers in the nation’s capital have urged the Federal Reserve banks of Boston and Dallas to consider people of color and women while selecting new presidents. Republicans led by Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania say the process should be left to the local bank boards.

The payments firm dropped support for Bitcoin payments in 2018, but company executives say the increasing popularity of digital currency makes it a good time to reenter the market.

Even financial institutions that have updated their practices still don’t hit the basic benchmarks of transparency and fairness.

The Tampa, Florida-based credit union stuck to its roots in the railroad industry to select its new name.

By partnering with the London-based fintech, Andrews Federal Credit Union will enable members to send transfers to 80 countries.