Users want more control over their data and more seamless integration with their financial tools. Banks and credit unions cannot wait for a regulation like PSD2 to move forward.

Year to date through Mar. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

A dozen years after it pioneered the technology, the company now says any bank or credit union using RDC is infringing on its innovation.

The company agreed to buy Commerce Bancshares, which has three branches in Boston.

The $701 million acquisition will make Union the biggest community bank based in Virginia.

From digital lending solutions for U.S. community banks to Sharia-compliant finance in Africa

A glance at the latest ways credit unions are helping humane societies, babies, kids and others in need.

First Savings Financial in Indiana and Dime Community in New York are keen on making more SBA loans as a way to diversify revenue and generate fees through loan sales.

Financial Institutions in western New York withdrew plans to raise $40 million.

Readers opine on legacy core systems, the negative messaging around the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Jamie Dimon defending his Trump ties, and more.

The Washington company said that Sean Brennan, its president and chief operating officer, will become CEO when Jim Mitchell retires next year.

Suni Harford is off to UBS, and Shaza Andersen is selling the bank she founded. Also, you should hear how venture capitalists talk about female entrepreneurs.

Wells Fargo is expanding its fintech accelerator so it is better positioned to connect with customers through channels like the internet of things.

It is not startups but rather Silicon Valley’s biggest names that are best-positioned to compete with banks in the blockchain race.

The bank, based on the east coast of Florida, is bulking up on the Gulf. It has agreed to buy NorthStar Bank in Tampa a month after buying another bank in the same city.

The former New Jersey mutual is stepping up efforts to court bigger commercial clients. The move will help Investors diversify its loan book and deploy capital while it is barred from buying banks.

In March 1998, American Banker reported plans by Norwest Corp. to establish sales quotas and step up cross-selling. Three months later, the Minneapolis bank announced a merger with Wells Fargo.

Both sides of Wells Fargo's $142 million settlement over its fake-accounts scandal made last-ditch efforts to salvage the class-action pact after a federal judge voiced misgivings about some of its terms.

Attractive demographics, a large supply of startups that appeared built to sell and a surplus of smaller banks struggling with high expenses have combined to make the Mid-Atlantic one of the most active regions for mergers and acquisitions.

Helping students, expanding opportunities for immigrant communities and other ways credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.