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Lynn Harton, the Georgia bank's CEO and a 20-year BB&T veteran, is considering acquisitions in Alabama, Florida and Tennessee markets where the entity soon to be named Truist Financial has a high profile.

The Indiana company, which has an acquisition pending, will make more loans in minority neighborhoods around Indianapolis.

Singapore ride-hailing giant Grab held talks to acquire payments provider 2C2P Pte and was turned down, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of the ambitions Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup has in financial services.

With millions of Americans struggling with Alzheimer’s and other diseases of the brain, there are ways for credit unions to better serve older members.

India’s government has taken drastic steps to encourage and standardize digital transactions, and those moves appear to be paying off.

Ken Lehman will gain a 40% stake in the Tennessee bank as part of a broader plan to raise $13 million.

Members of McClatchy Employees Credit Union have approved a proposal to merge into First U.S. Community Credit Union.

Gate City Bank announced that Kevin Hanson, who has been at the bank for 36 years, will succeed Steve Swiontek as CEO next month.

The Australian API payments and rewards platform provider Verrency has closed on a $7 million (AU$10 million) Series A funding round, bringing the total funds raised to-date to $14 million (AU$20 million).

The ride-sharing heavyweights Uber and Grab built their markets by making payments seamless, and their expansion plans are similarly hooked into improving payments and other financial services.

Manulife Financial, Canada's largest life insurer, is taking on the country's large lenders with a new package of banking products designed to win over digitally savvy millennials.

The number of mergers approved in the first quarter was down significantly but experts are unsure of how long that will last.

Transit has pushed contactless payments in the U.K., and it will happen in the U.S. too, according to Daniel Kornitzer, chief business development officer for Paysafe Group.

Founders Bank is the latest de novo effort that will target the nation's capital.

An unusual succession plan at Burke & Herbert Bank raised speculation that Virginia's oldest bank might be interested in buying another institution, for the first time in its history, or even selling to a larger rival. The bank's interim CEO, and the man who will replace him, have other plans.

The Tampa-based institution says it is poised for growth, but the new asset class also opens it up to additional scrutiny from the CFPB.

One consultant offers tips on how to better understand – and compete with – new entrants to the financial services marketplace.

European mobile wallet providers Bluecode, ePassi, Momo pocket, Pagaqui, Pivo, and Vipps are working together with China's Alipay for the first time to promote a unified, interoperable QR code that would connect Europe's current fragmented mobile payment landscape.

The group behind Bank of St. George is looking to bring in up to $22 million in initial capital.

Members at the $155 million-asset Partnership still need to approve the proposed transaction.