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If nothing else, no one could ever accuse U.K. regulators of taking a hands-off approach to the country's payments operations.

The number of channels consumers use to pay their bills is unlikely to decrease anytime soon, so billers that are able to check off every bill payment channel will enjoy a competitive advantage, writes Jim Lester, senior vice president of product management and strategy for biller solutions at Fiserv.

A new blockchain network that promises to compete with Ethereum is taking the token sale trend to the next level.

The industry and GOP lawmakers face short time frames and other challenges in trying to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's arbitration rule.

Des Moines CU has expanded its FOM to include first responders, government employees and more.

The app allows users, many of them first-time investors, to get started for as little as $5.

Trust income, bank card fees and deposit service fees led to double-digit earnings growth at Commerce Bancshares.

A community bank gets taken to task by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Tennis player Andy Murray makes his mom — and lots of other women — proud at Wimbledon. Also, the Bank of England's Charlotte Hogg and Morgan Stanley's Naureen Hassan.

What's more, loan officers' pay has dropped. At work behind these surprising trends is a blend of economic forces, technological change and pressure on banks and credit unions to pay entry-level employees better.

First Citizens is pressuring KS Bancorp to sell even though the banks' operations overlap in many markets in eastern North Carolina.