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Julio Alejandro, CEO of Humanitarian Blockchain in London, thinks so. Some of his projects, such as providing bitcoin Visa debit cards to refugees and digital identities for ex-cons, are ideas financial services firms could implement here.

Bankers already scrambling to comply with a number of different federal cybersecurity standards are raising concerns about a proposal from New York to layer on some additional state rules.

First Bancorp in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has added a managing director from a New York private equity firm to its board.

The biggest surprise for many who awaited the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s final rule for prepaid cards was discovering that its reach extends to some of the payments industry’s highest-profile tech firms, such as PayPal Inc.’s Venmo, Square Inc.’s Square Cash and Dwolla.

NCUA Chairman Rick Metsger has requested that the CFPB exclude all payday alternative loan products from the Bureau’s upcoming payday lending rule – a move cheered by both CUNA and NAFCU, who assailed the CFPB for continuing to increase the compliance burden CUs face.

The itinerary for the meeting of Kroger-affiliated credit unions seemed straightforward enough – a few speakers, some light refreshments and, wait…a tour of a legal marijuana dispensary?

Ballot initiatives in several states – along with growth projections in states where marijuana is already legal – could shift opinions on how to regulate banking services for the industry.

Xenith Bankshares in Richmond, Va., had added a former chief executive of Amalgamated Bank to its board.

Popular Inc. in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will take a $55 million hit to third-quarter earnings after its bank lost an arbitration battle with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh ended a 32-year break from acquisitions earlier this year. It didn’t take nearly that long for the $7.4 billion-asset mutual to announce its next deal.