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At the four-month mark after the U.S. EMV liability shift went into effect, it's still a waiting game; larger issuers and merchants tend to be on top of the chip-card situation and many smaller ones are not, but experts say it's too early to draw conclusions.

Despite electronic payment innovations, cash is still the most efficient and simplest form of payment for low-value transactions.

Lawrence Seidman, an activist investor in New Jersey, wrote in a regulatory filing that he plans to withhold support for all three of Malvern Bancorp's directors who are up for reelection this year.

WASHINGTON — Key Democratic lawmakers are urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to tighten its program for selling nonperforming guaranteed loans to ensure servicers have exhausted all loss mitigation options before the loans are sold to private investors.

WASHINGTON – The House passed a bill Monday by voice vote that could make certain municipal debt securities more attractive to banks.

As promised back in December, the CUNA board has revisited its bylaws — including the requirement that credit unions belong to both the national association and their respective state leagues — and is sending the amended bylaws to a membership vote.

While most federal banking regulators use enforcement actions as a way to shape industry practices, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is taking that to a whole other level, frequently using orders as a substitute for new rules or guidelines.

Bank of America has nearly three dozen patents pending related to blockchains. More banks are expected to seek patents as the technology associated with cryptocurrencies creeps closer to widespread use.

WASHINGTON — Key Democratic lawmakers are urging the Department of Housing and Urban Development to tighten its program for selling nonperforming guaranteed loans to ensure servicers have exhausted all loss mitigation options before the loans are sold to private investors.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has requested legislation that would create a program allowing Washington drivers to set up payment plans to pay traffic-based fines. The program aims to reduce the number of people in the state with suspended driver’s licenses, lower court costs and boost local revenue.