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The pace of bank M&A deals slowed in the third quarter and was flat through the first nine months of this year.

Charleston, S.C. -- A devastating “once-in-a-thousand years” storm has led to the closing of various credit union branches in the most heavily affected parts of South Carolina.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Visa Inc. are in talks aimed at settling the retailer’s $5 billion lawsuit over processing fees.

Three collection agencies agreed Monday to pay a total of $493,670 in civil penalties to resolve allegations that they committed unfair practices.

A looming dividend spike tied to the Small Business Lending Fund convinced Hopewell Valley Community Bank in Pennington, N.J., to sell itself.

The New York State Department of Financial Services gave a third virtual currency company the green light to begin operations in the state.

This tech tool is allowing the $2.5 billion credit union to upgrade the functionality of its online and mobile banking platforms, and now the digital channel processes more transactions than all of the physical branches combined.

U.S. bankruptcy filings totaled 629,570 in the first nine months of the year, an 11% decrease from the 705,728 total filings during the same period a year ago, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute.

Santander Group, the Spanish banking giant, has invested several million dollars in Ripple, one of the most prominent startups in the hotly discussed field of distributed-ledger technology.

Synechron, a consulting firm to the financial services industry, has acquired Crossbridge, a London-based consulting firm.