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Capital One, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and FIS are among the financial services companies that believe Amazon's Echo device has a role in the future in digital banking. Here's why.

KALSEE Credit Union, a $169-million institution based in Kalamazoo, Mich., announced that after an "exhaustive search," its board selected Matthew L. Lahman as its new president and CEO.

Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Massachusetts invested in technology to beef up its small-business lending, an area ripe for the picking by alternative lenders.

Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati will operate without a board chairman or vice chairman after three directors announced their plans to retire.

Core systems provider Sharetec System and payments processing company Shazam Network have joined forces to provide Sharetec’s credit union clients with an electronic funds transfer service.

Saginaw Medical Federal Credit Union in Saginaw, Mich., has named Laura Crase its president and chief executive officer. She had been the credit union's chief lending officer.

Single-family housing construction is set to top multifamily start for first time since the financial crisis.

Billionaire Henry Sy, owner of the largest Philippine builder and retailer, has partnered with an online retailer backed by Germany’s Rocket Internet SE to target the rising number of consumers in the Southeast Asian nation who shop using the Internet.

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry's unexpected announcement this week that his agency may craft new guidelines to deal with de-risking is generating concerns from bankers instead of putting them at ease.

There are more than 43 million student loan borrowers in the U.S., owing nearly $1.3 trillion dollars of debt. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling believes those numbers make it a hotbed for debt relief scams and NFCC officials are warning student borrowers about falling victim.