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As wearable technology advances, it is taking a back seat to the designs that will have these high-tech features woven in.

In the spirit of a rising tide lifting all boats, we hope Apple figures out ways to add value to the mobile commerce ecosystem, not just be another isolated technology with limited value to merchants and consumers. Because Apple has work to do.

Several members of Congress endorsed an effort to send a joint bipartisan letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asking for more exemptions for CUs and small banks.

Kopernik Bank and Liberty Bank of Maryland, both mutual thrifts in Baltimore, have agreed to merge. No money would change hands given the mutual-ownership structures involved in the deal.

Moven, one of the most talked-about startups of the fintech boom, is looking to spread financial education to the self-employed.

Green Dot reported a larger fourth-quarter loss on higher employee compensation costs and said it will book an extra $11 million in expenses to roll out a new card product.

A day after Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray told financial industry executives that Congress did not intend to exempt small institutions from most rules, several lawmakers begged to differ.

The private-banking prowess of newly acquired City National was the steadying influence Royal Bank of Canada needed amid global and domestic economic shocks in its latest quarter.

WASHINGTON — A day after Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray told financial industry executives that Congress did not intend to exempt small institutions from most rules, several lawmakers begged to differ.

The Winston-Salem, N.C., regional banking company said the purchase of Swett & Crawford should boost its annual insurance revenue by $200 million, or 15%. The cash acquisition also represents a reallocation of the rest of BB&T's approved share repurchases under last year's CCAR.