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PetLinx, a New Zealand startup that provides software for pet companies, has contracted Boston-based Cayan (formerly Merchant Warehouse) to provide payments support.

Consumers' growing confidence about their ability to qualify for a mortgage is generating more foot traffic, sales orders and loan volume for some of the nation's largest homebuilders.

Some community banks stick with rigid or outdated policies out of habit. That winds up hurting them when customers take their business to financial institutions that use technology to make transactions more convenient.

The Federal Communications Commission fined Travel Club Marketing $2.96 million in what the agency is calling the largest robocall punishment to date.

Wells Fargo may divest its crop insurance business in an auction that could fetch more than $1 billion.

Michigan Community CU gives away a favorite summer treat and other great things CUs are doing in their communities.

Banco Santander SA and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Spain's top two banks, said last month they'd start charging non-customers about 2 euros ($2.19) a time to use their ATMs, joining CaixaBank SA, the third-biggest bank, which began levying the fee in March.

The longer the CFPB waits to implement tighter regulations for the payday lending industry, the more Americans will find themselves trapped in a cycle of unaffordable debt.

As CEO of the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX) mobile wallet venture, Brian Mooney must remain calm as his company faces an increasingly stormy market with no product to show for its years-long efforts.

Credit unions and banks alike are fighting back against a proposal by the Department of Education (ED) that would restrict how universities disburse federal student loan funds, arguing the agency has overstepped its statutory authority.