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Mobile wallets have long struggled to displace cash and cards, so Ingo Money chose a different target: check-cashing.

M&A has taken off in 2015, especially in five states that account for more than a fifth of all activity. Here are the states with the most sellers, based on data compiled by KBW through Nov. 30.

Anticipation of rising interest rates has stirred more talk among mortgage lenders about the need to originate loans to borrowers with low credit scores. Mortgage lenders like Angel Oak Home Loans in Atlanta argue there is a distinction between the subprime products being pitched today and the infamous stated-income loans of yore.

The Portland, Ore., company is pitching its technology as a way for banks to enter digital lending without sacrificing their relationships with customers.

The $9.8 billion-asset Great Western said in a press release Monday that it will pay about $140 million, or $19.70 a share, in cash and stock for the $1.2 billion-asset parent of Home Federal Bank.

Did your community bank successfully complete a tech initiative this year? We would like to hear about it for possible inclusion in our upcoming special report on the Top Community Bank IT Projects.

R3 CEV thinks it is better positioned than other blockchain startups to provide products that banks will use. Why? It is pairing with banks up front, focusing on how they approach the trendy technology.

Ideal Credit Union’s VIP Member Rewards Program was selected as the winner of the inaugural OnApproach Big Data & Analytics Credit Union Industry Analytics Best Practices Competition.

Broadway Financial Corp. in Los Angeles has been released from an enforcement action requiring it to improve its corporate governance.