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Cardinal Bankshares in Floyd, Va., has named a new chairman and made additional executive appointments ahead of its merger with Grayson Bankshares in Independence, Va.

Affluent customers deserve special attention, but banks have to think outside of the box to improve loyalty and customer satisfaction with this important customer segment.

Possible Bitcoin Founder; Loan to San Bernardino Shooter

Univest Corp. of Pennsylvania in Souderton has agreed to buy Fox Chase Bancorp in Hatboro, Pa., for $244.3 million.

If a fraudster doesn't know a credit card verification value code, it creates a major hurdle in attempting a card-not-present transaction with stolen cards or credentials.

CU*NorthWest on Tuesday said two more credit unions have signed with the CUSO for their core processing needs: Northern Colorado Federal Credit Union, Greeley, Colo., and Comunidad Latina Federal Credit Union, Santa Ana, Calif.

TransUnion predicts that the consumer lending market will have fully recovered by the end of next year from both the mortgage crisis and the recession that concluded more than six years ago.

Washington Federal is the latest bank to partner with a tech company in an effort to streamline online loan applications.

The holy grail for any business is sustainable competitive advantage. In the fast-moving payments market, where we are seeing the challenge of near-constant technology-led change, this can appear both elusive and far-fetched.

A coalition of consumer groups wants the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate what it calls T-Mobile’s misleading advertisements and abusive debt collection practices.