The Latest

The Virginia company, which recently bought Access National, will become Atlantic Union Bank later this year.

Kern Federal Credit Union has changed its name to Strata CU partly to avoid mix ups with similarly named institutions in the area.

Lenders are glad the agency worked swiftly through a backlog of paperwork, but they're worried funds will get cut off if the government closes again.

The European Commission says eight unnamed banks operated as a cartel in the €7 trillion eurozone government bond market; authorities detected a 150-foot tunnel leading to a JPMorgan Chase branch in Florida.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: WorldFirst to stop U.S. transactions; Amazon pulls items in India to comply with new rules; Youth payments startup preps for cashless future; U.S. sandbox expands: Movie ticketing app gets more flexible.

Criminals are going to get smarter, but banks can implement a modern authentication solution to meet unique use cases and security requirements without sacrificing user convenience, writes Mike Byrnes, senior product manager at Entrust Datacard.

Cryptocurrency has struggled to be accepted for everyday payments, but it is finding opportunities in certain niches — such as gun sales.

Readers weigh in on calls that regulators consider the financial risks from climate change, respond to Trump administration plans to overhaul the housing finance system, consider GOP strategy on the House Financial Services Committee and more.

Thanks to big tech companies, the business world is moving to third-party platforms, or online marketplaces where buyers pull sellers' products off digital shelves. A growing number of financial institutions — including BBVA, Citi and community banks like Eastern — say they can't afford to sit out the trend.

The lawmakers said the lack of someone with a state supervisory background among the agency's three inside board seats violates federal law.