Americas

Wirecard has gained a foothold in using virtual prepaid cards to streamline corporate payments across business units, platforms and borders for companies with sprawling operations. Now the German company wants to do the same for more U.S. companies going global.

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts is looking to prove to entrepreneurs that it is in the business for the long haul.

After launching a video-banking platform in 2016, Vibrant Credit Union has now rolled the program out across its entire branch network, citing high member satisfaction rates, a boost in lending and decreased wait times.

In many ways, the goal of the GDPR is to increase difficulty for a hacker, while also flipping the rights of data ownership back to the European consumer. U.S. companies that serve European consumers are obligated to follow the regulations.

Codorus Valley Bancorp fired Dwight Utz, the head of its bank unit, "without cause" just a few weeks after reporting earnings of $12 million for 2017.

The Fed determined that Jacob Goldstein, who was also president of NBRS Financial Bank, improperly signed off on loans without telling the board that he would benefit from them. The bank failed in 2014.

Capital One has been rolling out coffee shops where it can offer banking services — but are not considered branches. The cafes have been especially effective at gathering deposits, putting more pressure on community banks that have already been losing deposits to their larger rivals.

The credit union has more than doubled its asset size since Staatz was appointed CEO in 2003.

Former banker Eric Hepkins will take over from Ann Hood Feb. 28, the $422 million credit union reported.

The U.S. charged 36 people in a takedown of an international cybercrime ring that prosecutors say used the slogan “In Fraud We Trust” and stole $530 million with the help of pilfered identities and malware.