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The growing pressure on app stores to allow multiple payment methods may prove to be as disruptive as the Durbin amendment was to debit card payments.

The deal, subject to approval from regulators and members, will add to Valley Strong's existing branch network and comes after several years of losses at Solano First.

The company would gain its first branches around Annapolis after it buys Severn Bancorp in a deal valued at $146 million.

CardX, which enables merchants to add a fee for accepting credit cards, won by showing how its product provides transparency to consumers.

The Pensacola, Fla.-based credit union's newest chief executive has helmed two other CUs over the course of more than two decades in the industry.

The Credit Union National Association’s Governmental Affairs Conference, normally the industry's biggest annual event, will be held this week in a virtual setting, a change that would have seemed unthinkable one year ago.

The company has agreed to pay $43 million for a bank with assets of $354 million.

Members of two smaller institutions will soon vote on whether to join South Carolina-based REV, boosting its assets by 15% and giving it a foothold in North Carolina.

Dana DeFilippis will take the helm at the Chalfont, Pa.-based credit union next month. She succeeds retiring CEO David Whitehead.

The retailer combines WeChat, digital checkout and coupons to reach a wider market, says Azoya's Franklin Chu.

The U.K. got an earlier start on open banking implementations, prompting European merchants and fintechs to turn to payments-as-a-service providers for rapid deployment.

The North Carolina-based credit union appointed a new chief financial officer and a new president to its for-profit arm.

John Zmolek has been involved with the Seattle-based institution for more than three decades. A successor has not yet been named.

Small shops are facing more competition online. Combined with the impact of Brexit, this has made it even more important for businesses to sell overseas.

New data from the state regulator shows gains across several key metrics even as allowances for loan losses surged and the loan-to-savings ratio fell by more than 10 points.

A severe cold snap in the state has tested financial institutions unaccustomed to such weather-related disruption.

Twelve banks joined the Tencent financing deal, which initially had a $6 billion size.

Joseph Lajoie has succeeded Pamela Mello, who stepped down last month after more than five years in charge.

The Madison, Wis.-based credit union will donate $1.5 million to a pair of United Way chapters in the region which will help distribute the funds to organizations serving communities of color.

Japan has long been known for its heavy use of cash, which is a burden for banks that are trying to move more services online. Maintaining ATMs alone costs about 700 billion yen ($6.6 billion) annually and another 100 billion yen is spent handling cash at branch counters, Nomura Research Institute estimates.