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It's no surprise that London topped the chart of "Cashless Capitals" in a recent study, considering its status as a major fintech hub of the U.K. But this wasn't enough to make it the country's contactless capital.

Following its acquisition last November of Capital Bank in North Carolina, First Horizon will fund mortgage and small-business lending in low-income areas of the Southeast and expand its vendor relationships with minority-owned firms.

Credit unions will know soon how much regulatory relief they might see from Congress and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Checkout.com has used alternative fees and a high-touch approach to build a market for its online payments toolkit in Europe. Now it's come to the U.S., where the likes of Stripe and Braintree already own a sizable chunk of the market.

So far, U.K. fintechs' options range from relocating to other countries to finding ways to offset negative effects by attempting to “Brexit-proof” their businesses. The latter option can still be a substantial undertaking.

The St. Louis-based company partnered with 38 new credit unions last fiscal year.

Coincheck Inc., the cryptocurrency exchange that lost about $500 million of customer deposits to hackers in January, was acquired by Monex Group Inc. in a deal that sent shares of the Japanese retail brokerage soaring to a five-year high.

The "Global Good Card" from Summit Credit Union has donated nearly $12,000 to the Worldwide Foundation for Credit Unions, and one person leading the charge says the program can easily be exported to other CUs.

The $2.9 million-asset Dugway Federal Credit Union served fewer than 700 members.

James Smith said he would decide soon whether he’ll seek the Republican nomination for governor. He said he was inspired partly by his recent work on a commission tasked with recommending fixes to the state’s fiscal and economic problems.

The Auburn Hills, Mich.-based credit union serves 200,000 members with more than $2.3 billion in assets.

The deal for Retirement Plan Services, which provides recordkeeping for employers nationally, is NBT's fourth acquisition of a retirement services firm since 2015.

In yet another twist on the idea of a cryptocurrency debit card, MoxyOne has developed its own network as a way to address the setbacks some have faced in relying on Visa and Mastercard.

Credit unions have seen a slew of legal victories in lawsuits claiming CUs' websites violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, but there are fears attorneys pursuing those cases may be changing their strategy.

The U.K. government has committed to a 5G Urban Connected Communities Project for a city-wide trial of 5G wireless technology as part of the fourth phase of the government’s 5G strategy. This trial should spark substantial investment in new payments technology.

KS Bancorp, which is trying to avoid a hostile takeover, may be facing a skirmish with an activist investor over one of its board seats.

Companies that aspire to be the Uber of their industry should take a second look at the ride-sharing market, where Grab has become a lightning rod of payments investment and innovation.

National Credit Union Administration board member Rick Metsger says a federal judge overstepped the court's bounds when striking down portions of the agency's field-of-membership rule, but stopped short of saying the regulator planned to appeal the decision.

The rebates are part of the league's "Member Engagement Rewards Program."

Latrobe Area Hospital Federal Credit Union chose the new provider to improve its member-facing technology, and save both time and money.