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Bank of America's forthcoming mobile app update will include personal financial management features.

The Federal Open Market Committee agreed unanimously Wednesday to raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, a move that was widely anticipated by markets and credit union economists. The committee's expectations for interest rates in 2017, however, were more varied.

Pacific Premier in California has been firing on all cylinders when it comes to lending, but it needed low-cost deposits. Buying Heritage Oaks Bancorp will do just that.

Pretty rare, it turns out: Less than a third of executives surveyed by SourceMedia Research said their institutions set formal cross-selling targets for staff. And of those with cross-sale incentive programs, nearly half are reconsidering.

Renasant in Tupelo, Miss., is the latest bank in the Deep South to announced a large stock offering.

The percentage of EMV transactions in the United States is miniscule compared to other parts of the world, but the migration to chip cards in the U.S. is lifting the technology's global growth — now at 42.4% of all card transactions.

Russian authorities have handed over an American fugitive who the U.S. accuses of conspiring to organize the largest known cyber attack on Wall Street, according to people familiar with the matter, resolving months of negotiations at a moment of high tension over hacking between Moscow and Washington.

Roughly 24 hours ahead of a planned rollout of much awaited -- and much needed -- larger-denomination bolivar bills in Venezuela, banks had yet to receive the new tender on Wednesday, nor was it clear whether the banknotes had even arrived in the country.

The Federal Open Market Committee agreed unanimously Wednesday to raise the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, a move that was widely anticipated by markets. The committee's expectations for interest rates in 2017, however, were more varied.

Payments are inevitably merging with social media, but the mix comes with a clear and very public risk if not handled correctly.