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Google revealed a dizzying number of projects at this year's Google I/O event, and it is courting developers to turn each of them into a thriving commerce platform. Whether or not Android Pay was mentioned by name, it was an undercurrent of nearly every offering.

While the benefits of coupon 'extreme stacking' are traditionally geared to consumers, it can also help retailers understand consumer behavior and better plan their marketing initiatives.

Paul Fiore's path from online banking vendor Digital Insight to credit union mobile payment venture CU Wallet included a stop in the film business, where he saw firsthand the tricky task of bringing modern technology to a legacy industry where cooperation is in short supply.

TD Bank announced Thursday that it is doing away with the Penny Arcade coin-counting machines that are stationed in more than 1,000 of its branches along the East Coast.

A former head of the U.S. unit of Dutch-owned insurance company Aegon has been named chairman of a community bank in Illinois.

Royal Bank of Canada has plucked away executives from Wells Fargo and Credit Suisse to be the co-heads of its consumer investment banking business, according to a news report.

A new Labor Department regulation designed to make more American workers eligible for overtime pay stands to add costs and slow hiring at community banks.

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Thursday won the right to pursue a lawsuit against several large financial institutions accused of selling tainted mortgage securities to a company that has since failed.

The agency posted its semiannual rulemaking agenda on a blog late Wednesday updating the next steps it will take on several areas of rulemaking. The CFPB expects to issue rules for prepaid reloadable cards, mortgage servicing and mortgage disclosures this summer but set no specific deadlines yet on overdraft and debt collection.