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The Senate bill is a huge win for the financial services industry, but there are still plenty of unresolved legislative issues of interest to banks and credit unions.

The Justice Department announced this month that it would seek to reduce duplicative penalties against banks, although more reforms are needed to rein in other agencies.

With the acquisition Timberland would add $187 million in assets in the Puget Sound area.

The Indiana company agreed to pay $101 million for the $586 million-asset First Security.

The bill heads to President Trump for signing; U.S. banks earned an aggregate $56 billion in the quarter, including a boost from tax reform.

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As alternative apps and fintechs make progress on mobile payments and digital finance, banks will need to turn to third parties and partnerships to stay relevant, writes Paul Wilmore, chief marketing officer of Barclays U.S. consumer business.

Success stories about teen-focused payment cards are relatively few, despite steady improvements in technology to give kids a measure of independence in their spending while parents hold the purse strings via shared apps.

Visa Canada plans to offer real-time B2B and B2C disbursements via its Visa Direct card-to-card transfer service, competing head-on with Canada's Interac network and a product Mastercard launched in the country earlier this year.

The bank found that mixing personal finance management with positive reinforcement allowed it to appeal to younger customers.