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A trans-Atlantic trademark dispute pits one of the most talked-about startups in the emerging blockchain technology field against a futures exchange whose founder is involved in another ballyhooed blockchain firm.

BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C., has agreed to buy Southcoast Financial in Mount Pleasant, S.C., for $95.5 million in stock.

Banks that sold faulty mortgage-backed securities right before the crisis have suffered a string of legal defeats over the timing of government lawsuits, but some experts believe the industry may still have a shot in the Supreme Court.

Increases in credit card and auto loan balances were not enough to keep overall household debt balances from remaining flat since the first quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Household Debt and Credit Report.

Empire National Bank in Islandia, N.Y., has named former Commerce Bank president and chief executive Robert Falese to its board.

Malvern Federal Savings Bank has hired its chief risk officer from a rival Pennsylvania bank.

The foreclosure crisis is receding, but it has having an enduring impact on lenders' risk appetites.

The mobile wallet market is constantly changing, often in unexpected ways. Products have evolved dramatically in a very short amount of time, and companies that seemed committed to one strategy a year ago now find themselves on a completely different path.

In 1979, mortgage bankers worried that they could be undercut by "sleeping giants" like Merrill Lynch, Sears Roebuck and what was then called Master Charge.

Samsung is confident even though its payment service comes almost a year after Apple's. Unlike Apple Pay, Samsung's can work with the magnetic-strip card readers that are common in stores and restaurants. On top of that, Samsung won't charge banks and credit-card issuers transaction fees.