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Ken Lehman recently bought a block of shares in Village Bank & Trust Financial.

Some signed on because the deal didn't require using or promoting Libra; Chicago bank may get stuck with $190 million of losses from U.K. mutual fund.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Mastercard and N27 advance Nordic real-time payments; Amazon Prime Day gets longer; Swedbank adds watch payments; Minnesota legislators try to ban crypto political donations.

Offering secured credit cards can help a credit union build loyalty with members but this product line can be difficult to successfully manage.

As the global gig economy expands, more workers moving between the U.S. and other countries for jobs or school need ways to handle funds in different currencies.

The pressure on banks, financial institutions and payment service providers to act as effective gatekeepers in the fight against financial crime is intense. Real-time payments considerably complicates that challenge, writes Sophie Lagouanelle, head of solutions at Accuity.

By creating a close tie between digital debit cards and the major third-party mobile wallets, Bank of America is doing something few banks are — and expecting a payoff in broader use of digital financial services and “top of wallet” spending.

While other industries reversed their previous downward trend, perceptions of the banking industry continue to get worse. Here are some steps banks can take to try to burnish their reputations.

Researchers found that stolen payment data has been used to finance terrorism, human trafficking and other organized crime. Their conclusion that card fraud needs to be taken more seriously by banks and card networks drew pushback from the financial industry.

Democratic lawmakers argue that Paul Watkins' former employment at a "homophobic hate group" makes him unfit to lead the agency's innovation office. Watkins says he did no advocacy work for that organization.