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Fintech startups continue to captivate venture capital firms and angel investors, giving a boost to a program in which the operators of startups get advice from mentors and make presentations to hundreds of bankers at an annual event in New York.

Though the bulk of NCUA Debbie Matz's speech was scripted at NAFCU's annual conference, there were a few surprises.

When the Supreme Court agreed to hear a Texas "disparate impact" case last year, many financial institutions hoped it would end the use of the divisive legal theory used by regulators and other authorities. But the court's Thursday decision, by contrast, appears to strengthen the government's hand.

MidSouth Bancorp in Lafayette, La., has promoted the son of Chief Executive Rusty Cloutier to president of MidSouth Bank.

After scaling back its U.S. operations, Popular Inc. plans to focus on niche commercial lending markets, including financing for elder care and assisted living facilities.

Vending machine payments company PayRange has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Matrix Partners to help the company extend deployment of cashless transaction hardware.

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry nationwide. In the wake of this historic ruling that caps the biggest civil rights transformation in a half-century, Credit Union Journal looks back at a report about how CUs can grow their businesses by pitching wedding-related products to same-sex couples.

First Bancorp in Southern Pines, N.C., has redeemed about half of its shares in the Small Business Lending Fund.