Americas

The retired CEO of 1st Choice Credit Union and CU of Atlanta has been named the 2018 recipient of the Pete Crear Lifetime Achievement Award from the African-American Credit Union Coalition.

Ruoff Financial will make its first push into banking with the purchase of SBB Bancshares.

The veteran CEO will turn the reins of the $3.5 billion credit union to Dave Sweiderk, executive vice president and COO of OneAZ Credit Union in Phoenix

The idea of an email scam may bring to mind the clumsy phishing cons from the early days of online banking, but the tactic's latest incarnation is a bigger threat than ever.

The Connecticut company will have nearly $48 billion in assets after it buys First Connecticut Bancorp.

Cost-cutting will be important, but for its acquisition of CoBiz to be a winner, BOK Financial will have to prove it can boost fee income as it has with smaller acquisitions.

Western companies desperately want a chunk of China's vast domestic consumer payments market, though they may find themselves feeling lucky to be left out.

Square Inc. shares climbed to their highest price ever after New York granted the company a virtual-currency license, letting customers in the state buy and sell Bitcoin.

The deal for the Denver commercial lender joins a growing list of large acquisitions being announced in competitive urban markets.

C.G. Kum, who has been the Los Angeles company's CEO the past five years, plans to retire in May.