Seed, a San Francisco startup, has developed a platform that lets small businesses quickly open accounts online. That's an important feature for Cross River as it courts more fintech clients.

Shore Community Bank, which has five branches in Ocean County, will sell for $53 million.

Sterling Bancorp must enhance its BSA policies and hire an outside firm to review its account activity.

In a hyper-competitive job market, credit unions are finding creative ways to keep staff engaged and sweeten the deal for potential new hires.

Independent Bank in Texas, the seller, gained the business after buying Guaranty Bancorp.

The National Credit Union Administration is considering increasing the threshold for nonmember deposits but bankers have vowed to fight back, including possibly suing the regulator.

Facebook's plans to launch its Libra cryptocurrency dominated much of the discussion at American Banker's Digital Banking conference last week, but attendees also debated what big tech company might strike next and what future digital innovations are in store.

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Large banks had huge losses from originating mortgages in 2018 as costs were three times higher than similar-sized independent lenders, according to research conducted by Stratmor and the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Executives and directors from across the industry discussed their concerns for the industry and priorities for the next year during this year's NAFCU and CUNA annual conferences.

A customer who sued Chase over credit card interest charges is now asking a judge to order the bank to stop notifying cardholders about its plan to reinstate arbitration.

Banks are increasingly turning to outsiders like Nikki Katz, a former Disney executive now at Bank of America, and Joel Kashuba, formerly of Procter & Gamble and now at Fifth Third, to help build their digital experiences.

While global banks have been pouring money into information technology — to the tune of $1 trillion over three years — only a handful appear to be fully committed to a digital transformation and are therefore reaping the benefits, according to an Accenture study.

All of the Seattle company's directors, including CEO Mark Mason, were backed by shareholders despite a challenge by Blue Lion Partners.

Public-sector development of a speedier settlement service, to operate alongside the one being developed by The Clearing House, is crucial for seeing that institutions of all sizes are able to take advantage of this technology.

Customers of Marcus, the consumer lending arm that launched in 2016, defy easy categorization, according to an executive at the Wall Street bank.

If Libra becomes a major financial force, the stability of global finance is on the line.

Community bankers want to cut the time it takes for customers to establish digital accounts to mere minutes, but it's hard to do that and make other improvements without increasing fraud risk.

Whether it’s applying for a loan through a mobile app or building an investment portfolio via robo adviser, users want to know they can quickly and easily speak to a human being if they run into problems, top executives said at American Banker’s Digital Banking conference this week.

Community bank executives, payments officials and others said Libra faces an uphill battle amid heavy competition and regulatory scrutiny.