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JCPenney ended support for Apple Pay in its stores and also removed the mobile payment option from its app, a surprising reversal for a brand that offered Apple Pay in 2015, within a year of its rollout. There are multiple factors in play here.

Credit unions are helping students pay for college with scholarships in addition to getting involved in their communities in other ways.

Columbia Banking CEO Hadley Robbins says he's confident the bank can grow on its own as the number of buyout targets in the Pacific Northwest dwindles.

PSD2 and other moves push a higher level of authentication, and are a welcome development for biometrics, according to Lina Andolf-Orup, a senior director at Fingerprints.

The Trump administration is cracking down on national affordable housing programs because of concern over growing risk to the government's almost $1.3 trillion portfolio of federally insured mortgages.

In today’s political climate, banks have to monitor not just how they do business, but with whom they do it.

With just $22 million in assets, Manchester Municipal Federal Credit Union has millions in student loans on its books and never recorded a charge-off.

Banks say easing rules on people with some criminal records will diversify the applicant pool; deal with Synchrony may be near.

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Getting consumers to switch to electronic statements is difficult but there are a few strategies credit unions can try to encourage them to go digital.