The bill-payment software vendor is dealing with declines in part of its banking segment. But it is seeing a resurgence in ecommerce activity and walk-up bill payments.

Except when empowered by exclusive legal standing — for instance, in marketing checking accounts — banks consistently fail in competing to sell financial services to consumers. The most dramatic example is wealth management, but there are many others.

WASHINGTON — Twenty small banks will receive a total of $253 million in the latest round of funding from the Small Business Lending Fund, according to the Treasury Department.

Madison National Bancorp Inc. in Melville, N.Y., is giving an investment group an additional six months to complete its planned acquisition, but the seller is building in insurance.

The industry's giants have received most of the flows generated by tidal shifts in money markets, and have been impelled to shore up core funding by new liquidity rules.

Square's mobile card reader is under fire again for its security. But this most recent attack may not be particularly troubling, since it has few opportunities for misuse.

Shares of PMI Group Inc. fell by half after the mortgage insurer warned it could be forced to stop selling new coverage.

Citing conflicts of interest and a "failure to safeguard documents," Eric Schneiderman wants a seat at the table where Bank of America, BNY Mellon and top mortgage bond investors sit.

PHOENIX – Desert Schools FCU on Thursday said it signed with Diebold to upgrade its ATM fleet with deposit automation, personalized marketing and integrated services.

VeriFone finished its purchase of the rival terminal maker Hypercom after it reached a settlement with the Justice Department to sell Hypercom's U.S. terminal business to the private-equity firm Gores Group.

President Obama has finally nominated a director for CFPB, but the move came at least a year too late to do the agency any good.

Online Resources' second-quarter revenue grew 5.4% year-over-year, to $38.3 million, from higher sales of e-commerce services.

First Security Bank of Nevada in Las Vegas has received a much-needed capital boost.

Agency unveils new pilot program for smaller investors wanting to bid on loans.

Aided by two acquisitions and sharply lower deposit costs, BankFinancial Corp. in Burr Ridge, Ill., swung to a profit of $1 million in the second quarter from a loss of $288,000 in the same period last year.

Recent regulatory developments in the U.S. and the U.K. attempt to reverse efforts to stamp out rating agencies. Their role must be trimmed back and banks must be encouraged to develop standardized methods of calculating risk and capital as a substitute for external ratings.

Cardinal Bankshares' biggest outside shareholder is hopping mad over an act that normally gives investors comfort: succession planning.

NetSpend has learned the hard way that tapping into the vast market of underbanked consumers isn’t so easy. Its revenue failed to meet analysts’ estimates and it lost three distributors.

The number of deals rose slightly in the second quarter, but take away big acquisitions by PNC and Capital One and the value of them fell.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has reached a settlement with Bank of America, which releases the company from liability for failing to provide alternatives to foreclosure on 57,000 delinquent government-insured mortgages.