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SEATTLE — Disruption—both positive and negative—was on display at America's Credit Union Conference Tuesday, with intelligence from the man who brought us the Genius Bar and selling Tesla vehicles at the mall, to how the new NCUA chairman is disrupting some long-standing traditions at the agency, how "Brexit" is disrupting the economy and how conference host Credit Union National Association is looking to disrupt the way Americans think of credit unions.

Bankers, fintech entrepreneurs, regulators and other financial services players gathered in New Orleans last week to discuss the future of the industry at SourceMedia's Digital Banking 2016 conference. Here are some of the highlights of the conference. For more, check out the hashtag #digibank16 on Twitter.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Toronto has agreed to buy PrivateBancorp in Chicago for $3.8 billion, finally giving the Canadian bank a meaningful retail presence in the United States.

First Midwest Bancorp in Itasca, Ill., has agreed to buy Standard Bancshares in Hickory Hills, Ill.

The U.S. Supreme Court in its upcoming term will hear a fight over automated-teller-machine fees that pits the interests of independent cash machine operators and consumers on one hand against two major card networks and several megabanks on the other.

First Data has secured a partnership with Silicon Valley Bank, giving the payments technology provider and processor a front seat to take notes on all of the technology development taking place among the bank's clients.

People and businesses expect access to their money and payments in real-time, and electronic funds transfers such as Fedwire and Swift transfers offer a convenient way to send payments to vendors, clients and partners rapidly.

With the rise of global e-commerce, small and midsize companies are pressured to streamline the way they handle increasingly diverse types of payments.

Seven weeks into a crisis precipitated by the ouster of the company's longtime CEO, the embattled marketplace lender is trying to convince shareholders that it is turning a corner.