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Many customers at Neighborhood National Bank in San Diego offer check-cashing services that draw attention for Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

CUs celebrate the music of Harry Potter, real estate lending landmarks, and the credit union difference.

MoneyGram has deepened its reach in Ghana’s busy remittances market with a new partnership with Accra-based Capital Bank, its fifth alliance with a major financial institution in the country.

U.S. households increased their borrowing in the final three months of 2016 at the fastest pace in three years, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.

Ousted CEO John Dee Carruth is continuing his war of words against the state regulator, but he may not have much recourse under a provision of Alabama law.

Many bank overdraft-related practices favor profits over customer financial health, but those practices are driven in part by lost revenue from an ill-advised Dodd-Frank Act provision.

The EMV migration has caused fraud to migrate to other channels. Issuers can make consumers aware of this threat and give them a handful of steps to spot trouble.

The Federal Trade Commission is looking at whether auto finance companies that use sophisticated technology like ignition kill switches are illegally harassing subprime borrowers that have fallen behind on their payments.

More everyday products are becoming connected devices, including refrigerators, washing machines and even mirrors. As each household item evolves, companies are eager to transform them into channels for shopping.