Colorado

Payments innovation is happening in small businesses like Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, which has to manage a shift in how people shop, order, pay and communicate — all at the same time.

Elevations' purchase of Cache Bank & Trust would be the first credit union acquisition of a bank in the state.

Elevations Credit Union has agreed to buy the assets of Cache Bank & Trust.

A fintech called NCS Analytics wants to analyze power-use data at cannabis businesses for banks that finance them. It says the information can help expose illegitimate activity.

The Boulder, Colo.-based institution will now serve a dozen counties in its home state.

The California company will pay $39.4 million for the parent of First State Bank of Colorado.

Members of Mapleton Public Schools FCU still have to approve the merger into Westerra.

Independent Bank in Texas, the seller, gained the business after buying Guaranty Bancorp.

Credit union executives reported seeing an uptick in car loans as the weather improved but some predicted lending would be down this year.

Credit unions on the Corda blockchain platform will be able to make payments via EFT with CU Pay, a product the CUSO plans to roll out next year.