Colin Wilhelm

Bankrate Inc., an aggregator and publisher of rate data and news related to personal finance, has acquired Wallaby Financial Inc., a firm that provides credit card reward apps to consumers.

Mountain America Credit Union, in West Jordan, Utah, and Les Bois Credit Union, in Les Bois, Idaho, will merge effective Jan. 1. Mountain America will have 82 branches, making it the country's fifth largest CU branch network.

Veteran banker Simon Williams has rejoined the board of Lending Club on the eve of its high-profile initial public offering.

LendingTree already facilitated small-business loans through its online marketplace that funds consumer and other loans; its web portal opened Wednesday exclusively shops small-business loans to individual and institutional investors.

Dutch digital security company Gemalto and Chungwa Telecom, a Taiwanese firm, plan to commercially launch Near Field Communication-based mobile payment system for the telco's subscribers.

The U.S. operations of BMO Financial Group reported a 50% increase in its fiscal fourth quarter earnings, as credit costs decreased and revenue increased.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced the launch of a financial consumer education web app called AGScamHelp.

The Bancorp in Wilmington, Del., will have a new chief executive next year.

Seacoast Commerce Bank in San Diego has created a new holding company.

The American Bankers Association has added 12 banks to community banks indexed and listed with the Nasdaq stock exchange.

Mobile payments company Yapital has partnered with the German supermarket chain Wasgau to support smartphone payments with minimal technology upgrades.

Slyce, a two-year-old company that allows consumers to take pictures of items to make purchases, has launched a "visual shopping app" called Pounce.

Inte Q has named Steven Kietz, a veteran of financial services companies such as Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, its president.

Consumer activists are targeting the use of arbitration clauses at Wells Fargo and PNC Financial Services Group.

Virtual Piggy, which provides the Oink online wallet service for their youths, will release a prepaid Discover card to extend its offering to retail stores.

Alternative lender FastPay, which specializes in lending to digital media startups, received $15 million from newly formed Oak HC/FT, a $500 million growth-equity fund that invests in health care and financial technology.

An estimated 30% of American smartphone owners will use Apple Pay or Google Wallet while holiday shopping, according to a study commissioned by Stratos Inc.

Car loan delinquencies have risen significantly from the same time last year, a new report by Experian Automotive, an Irish market intelligence firm with U.S. headquarters in Costa Mesa, Calif.

The Independent Community Bankers of America is taking issue with the White House's selection of investment banker Antonio Weiss to become Treasury undersecretary of domestic finance, joining a growing list of those criticizing the nomination.

Orion Federal Credit Union will pay a 1% dividend to all of its premium checking account holders.