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Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Wells Fargo mistakenly leaks data; Canadians learn more about fintech; UniCredit embraces instant payments; A look at ransomware payments.

Great service is important, but in the changing financial services landscape, credit unions aren’t likely to get top-of-wallet status from members without a digital payments strategy.

ABN Amro is enabling its Tikkie social P-to-P app to send tuition payment requests to students, a dramatic expansion from the transaction types the bank designed the app for.

The incumbents, such as Visa, Mastercard and First Data, are prepared to compete in all segments of the market, writes Subhajit Das, a visiting research fellow at the Christensen Institute from Tata Consultancy Services.

Visa is developing its first international transaction processing centers — one in the U.K. and one in Singapore — on the heels of other moves to accelerate digital payments growth globally.

The federal agency's investigative report concludes that crowdsales of blockchain tokens known as initial coin offerings may need to comply with securities laws.

Strong gains in interest and fee income offset higher expenses and chargeoffs at the Kansas City, Mo., company.

The Salt Lake City company also benefited from increases in investment securities and several large loan recoveries during the quarter.

The New York company, which is preparing to buy Astoria Financial, reported year-over-year increases in commercial-and-industrial and commercial real estate loans.

Fed Vice Chair-nominee Randal Quarles will likely face questions about his support for small banks, while Comptroller-nominee Joseph Otting must face fallout from his predecessor.