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A group of the largest banks in the world is working on a global standard for Bitcoin’s blockchain ledger technology, a secure funds-transfer system that advocates and industry watchers have likened to “email for money.”

Battling a sea of technology companies and major incumbents like Western Union and Travelex for a share of the international payments and currency exchange pie may seem like an uphill climb for a smaller company with less of a track record.

The industry is better positioned than it was last year to weather a severe economic shock, according to the Fed, but the real test comes next week, when the central bank will release its latest evaluation of the sector's risk-management practices.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is seeking to create a regulatory sandbox that it hopes will allow fintechs and banks to experiment on innovations to the financial system.

Unethical accounting practices and greed aside, credit unions should take note of another major contributor to the downfall of the infamous energy company: a failure to communicate.

Franklin Financial Network in Tennessee hit a roadblock in its plan to buy Civic Bank & Trust in Nashville, but that didn't stop Franklin from hiring away Civic's chief executive.

Old National Bancorp in Evansville, Ind., has negotiated an exit from its loss-share agreements with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Twenty current and former Democratic members of Congress sided with the Financial Stability Oversight Council in a legal brief filed Thursday, arguing that its designation of MetLife as a systemically important financial institution should not have been struck down in federal court.

ABN Amro is using cross-platform mobile messaging app WhatsApp as a payment request channel for a new person-to-person payments app.

How Key Private Bank's CEO is looking to transform the business (hint: it has a lot to do with women); algorithms in hiring promise a new way to bring diversity to Wall Street; the CFPB has some work to do in improving its treatment of women and minorities. Plus, Blythe Masters talks blockchain and Merrill Lynch's Racquel Oden talks confidence.