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Federal and state banking regulators are still struggling with how to come to grips with banks whose clients are heavily involved in digital currencies like bitcoin — and that may be curbing interest from many in the financial industry.

HSBC said a cyber attack temporarily shut down its Internet banking on Friday, the second time the bank's online services have been disrupted in the U.K. this month.

Wisconsin lawmakers are reviewing a plan to allow employees of licensed debt collection companies to work from home.

It took several weeks, but deposit prices are inching up at a number of banks. Still, most increases will likely be minor until the Fed enacts more rate increases.

Barclays is reportedly informing customers that it is planning to post an update to its U.K. website and through Twitter to indicate when it will support Apple Pay.

The digitizing of payment transactions has become important enough at Visa and MasterCard to remain a top investment priority, even as the networks brace for the economic fallout of collapsing oil prices and volatile stock markets.

Prospect Medical Group, a California-based hospital chain, is one of the first healthcare providers sued since the FCC clarified TCPA language last July concerning auto-dialing cell phones, consent to call and calling wrong numbers.

TFS Financial in Cleveland reported higher fourth-quarter profit, citing a $1 million negative loan-loss provision.

MONETT, Mo. — Financial services technology provider Jack Henry & Associates Inc., along with its Symitar division, are joint recipients of the Business Partner of the Year Award from Member Driven Technologies.

The potential for more convergence between financial products and physical products raises a whole host of data and privacy issues that banks must deal with proactively.