Arkansas Democrat-Gazette FCU, originally chartered to serve newspaper employees, has received regulatory approval to merge into a larger institution.

Midsize players like BankUnited, BOK and Fulton Financial plan to rely on selective M&A, catering to niches overlooked by big banks, aggressive recruitment of commercial lenders and other strategies to stimulate revenue growth.

Originally formed to help consumers spot recurring charges, Truebill is adding banking and financial management features to its app.

Huntington Bancshares and U.S. Bancorp also said in recent days that they are eliminating jobs to reduce overhead and improve profits. With net interest margins shrinking and branch traffic continuing to decline, expect more banks to follow suit, analysts say.

Executives say they are passing on more loans as bank and nonbank competitors cut rates and forgo traditional safeguards.

Outages last week at Chime and Varo Money have executives on the defensive.

The Tennessee company has agreed to buy First Advantage, which specializes in financing manufactured housing purchases.

Credit unions have achieved success in areas like auto and consumer loans but there is still room for them to increase their home lending.

Recent years have seen a transformation in credit-card customer acquisition. This report explores how consumers are interacting with the new expanse of marketing and acquisition channels and examines where opportunities and threats to issuers may lie.

Congress should get behind the Fed's effort to launch a real-time payments service instead of getting in its way.