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Adoption of money management instruments offered by banks remains low. One expert explains why.

With the pace of credit unions gaining CDFI certification already slowing, a change to how the Treasury Department reviews applications could have an impact on institutions receiving grants.

More states are adopting mobile driver’s licenses, sparking hope of creating a shareable consumer-driven digital ID to power e-commerce and data sharing among banks, fintechs and merchants.

A lot of the legal risk for banks and traditional payment companies would go away under the law, said Anita Boomstein, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips.

In a long and storied career, Barbara Desoer has helped shape two of the largest banks in the country, Bank of America and Citibank. The most striking detail? Her biggest role came after she "retired."

With financial institutions relying more and more on cloud computing services, Washington is increasingly focused on the concentration of industry data in the big three technology giants.

The transition to Stein from Hadley Robbins is the result of a multiyear succession process, the Tacoma, Wash., company said. Robbins had succeeded the late Melanie Dressel.

House Republicans are pushing the CFPB to continue to allow banks and credit unions to estimate exchange rates and fees for money transfers.

Fincen and others say third parties are proving to be treasure chests for crooks who create synthetic identities, but aggregators argue they help detect risk banks can’t see.

CUs in the Great Lakes State continue to see positive growth, but several key metrics are increasing at a slower pace.