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WASHINGTON — A retired Office of the Comptroller of the Currency employee left last year with more than 10,000 sensitive records uploaded to two thumb drives, the agency revealed on Friday.

The CU currently known as Mississippi Telco Federal Credit Union will change its name to Rivertrust Federal Credit Union effective Nov. 1, it said Friday.

Samsung sees banking as a long game, and Samsung Pay is its first move. As mobile banking grows, the Korean electronics company believes financial services is ripe with opportunity.

A financial report due out soon could reignite a battle over whether the Federal Housing Administration should again reduce its annual premium.

South Korea’s LG last year rolled out LG Pay, a mobile wallet that took an indirect approach to contactless payments by leveraging Bluetooth technology to link to a proprietary “white” card that stored a user’s payment cards. The concept never took off, and a new report suggests LG is making another run at mobile payments, using different technology.

Back in the black and looking increasingly healthy for the first time in a decade, First Mariner is poised to accelerate growth next year.

Progressives are already pushing Democrats to appoint another Wall Street reformer to the Banking Committee if they win back the Senate, but other considerations, including the 2018 midterms, will play a significant role in who is chosen.

Big donations and big celebrations are all part of the latest round-up of credit union community news.

Mastercard's Masterpass digital wallet is gaining steam from a new enrollment feature that puts issuers in control, according to Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga.

Samsung Pay is steadily spreading across the globe and adding new features, but it's also facing some strong challenges in these markets. Here are a few of the biggest issues Samsung's mobile wallet has faced since launch.