The bank is using Aliaswire’s integration of its BillerDirect platform with Mastercard Bill Pay Exchange to power transactions across multiple channels.

The New York bank recently converted 3 million GM Rewards cardholders to its Marcus app, the next phase of its plans to offer more banking services in unexpected places.

The Columbus, Ohio, bank has agreed to buy an investment banking and advisory firm that caters to midsize companies to "accelerate" the growth of its capital markets unit.

Across the country, banks of all sizes are investing in the wealth business as a way to deepen customer relationships, capture recurring revenues and tap into a massive transfer of wealth from baby boomers to Generation X and millennials. A lot of money is up for grabs, but maybe not enough to go around.

Customers who have access to suitable credit and other offerings and know how to use them appropriately can seize economic opportunities, open businesses and contribute to the collective success of communities, F.N.B. chief Vincent Delie Jr. argues.

The Canadian banking giant established a nine-month window to finish its $13.4 billion purchase of First Horizon, which could be challenging given the tighter regulatory scrutiny of bank M&A. After November, the price tag will go up.

With tensions high between Russia and the West, Synechron is looking to develop a real-time kill switch that can shut down a malware threat. The company’s PayTech Accelerator is also focusing on the opportunity for banks in buy now/pay later lending.

Industry groups are adamant that regulators must make it easier for banks to merge in order to compete with nonbanks, while consumer advocates say bank mergers are too easy and hurt the consumer beyond raising the price of credit.

The $13.4 billion agreement would create a top-six bank in the U.S. by assets and give Toronto-Dominion a large presence in Tennessee and a deeper foothold in the region.

Respecting employees’ time and expecting them to respect others’ sets a tone. It brings structure to organizations and fosters professionalism, reliability and trustworthiness.

Cloud-hosted systems add flexibility to develop payment and lending services that aren't possible on legacy platforms. “We want to develop products that suit our customers rather than what our core provider tells us to provide,” said Samantha Pause, chief marketing and benefit officer at Mascoma Bank in New Hampshire.

The M&A surge promises to improve the services fintechs offer to many banks. But it's also creating a new class of full-service competitors.

The Federal Reserve and the FDIC are weighing changes to their policies for reviewing mergers and acquisitions, and that’s creating a sense of urgency among bankers to cinch deals now.

The $2.3 trillion-asset company plans to scrap the charges by this summer. It joins Capital One and Ally in doing away with the fees, which face pressure from Biden-era regulators.

Billing is becoming part of faster payments, a development the bank contends makes paper-based B2B payments "unsustainable" for businesses facing equipment and staff shortages.

Banks flush with liquidity are likely to keep deposit yields low even as the rates they earn on loans widen, which should result in higher net interest income. One industry analyst predicts “NII to the sky.”

The complaint seeks unspecified damages over the bank’s mortgage origination and underwriting practices, alleging minority homebuyers were excluded from affordable, low-risk loans.

The Minneapolis bank is shifting consumer-facing applications and other technology components out of its data centers and into Microsoft’s Azure cloud.

The Northeastern banks had aimed to wrap up their deal by Feb. 21, but the Federal Reserve — the last of the regulatory authorities they need approval from — hasn’t signed off yet.