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Lenders considering other factors for those with bad or no credit history; the bank plans to sell its French retail unit.

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The most widely referenced interest rate benchmark will cease to function after 2021, and the financial system is still coming to grips with that complicated reality.

At the median, credit unions saw growth slacken in several key areas during the year ending at June 30.

This ruling by the New Zealand Government shows the jurisdiction’s versatility in broaching how best to address cryptocurrencies and the implementation of regulations around their use in payments, says NEM Ventures' Dave Hodgson.

Mobile order, delivery and payment apps are proliferating at restaurants, but they're also becoming less distinguishable, posing an entirely new challenge as deep discounts become the weapon of choice.

Credit decisions were a natural place to start with artificial intelligence, but now banks and credit unions are taking the technology to all parts of their businesses.

In addition to launching an automated investing app, the bank created a dedicated adviser unit to provide personal service to customers when they need it.

First Community Bankshares will buy Highlands Bankshares for $91 million.

Banks are taking back more farmland through foreclosure than at any point in the past three years as low crop prices, epic flooding and the Trump administration’s trade spat with China have left many farmers struggling to pay their debts.