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Google is placing more emphasis on hardware and voice-controlled assistance, and its payment technology is coming along for the ride. Here's a look at Google's history in mobile payments—what worked, and what got cut over time.

Remembering veterans, helping with animal-rescue projects and donations to support children’s health care are just a few of the good works being done in the latest round-up of credit union community news.

Donations for cancer treatment, groundbreaking ceremonies and shoe drives all highlight the latest roundup of the great work credit unions do for their communities.

Since Wells Fargo's settlement three weeks ago with federal regulators over charges thousands of employees opened up millions of fake accounts, the bank's troubles have only grown worse. Lawsuits by former employees have been filed, the bank's chief executive was subject to two disastrous hearings on Capitol Hill and lawmakers are opening calling to break the bank up. But it is the multiple investigations into the bank which may prove to be its toughest challenge. While some relate to the phony accounts, others touch on different issues — and they have been growing. Following is a look at investigations, recent settlements and other actions taken since the news broke in early September.

A year after the U.S. EMV liability shift kicked the country's migration into high gear, there are still major hurdles to widespread adoption. The shift took effect Oct. 1, 2015, placing liability on the party unable to handle EMV security, but even this incentive wasn't enough to get everyone on board at the same time.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.

A trio of executives moved up to the C suite and other CU professionals in the news.

These 25 leaders are using their influence to make banking — and their communities — better.

Among the impressive women you'll want to keep an eye on moving forward are: two new female CEOs at top-40 banks; Mary Mack, who'll now oversee consumer banking at embattled Wells Fargo; and community bank CEOs Mary Anny Scully and Karen Glenn.

Women are arguably even more outnumbered in the upper ranks of finance than in banking, and the executives on this list stand out not only for their performance but for their work to help create a path to parity.

CEO shadowing, softball tournaments and scholarships highlight the latest roundup of the good work credit unions do in the communities they serve.

NCUA’s quarterly map of state-by-state growth details overall gains for the industry but more of the usual bad news for smaller CUs.

The U.S. shift to EMV-chip card security hasn't been smooth. Many companies saw the card networks' Oct. 1, 2015 fraud liability shift date as a starting point rather than a deadline, and even the companies that thought they would be unaffected by the EMV transition found themselves dealing with major headaches.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.

A mix of lawmakers, regulators and industry stakeholders discussed reforming Dodd-Frank and other hot topics at the National Association of Federal Credit Union’s conference on Capitol Hill.

The high volume of commercial mortgages maturing this year has left some property owners scrambling for funds to refinance. Not so for these eight landlords, who took advantage of the strong price appreciation of their iconic office buildings, luxury hotels, super regional shopping malls, and a portfolio of rental homes, to cash out — in some cases, to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars of equity. Bank commercial real estate lenders, who know all too well the cyclical nature of this sector, will want to take a close look at these transactions, details courtesy of our colleagues at Asset Securitization Report.

One CU celebrates more than seven decades of service, while others offer scholarships, financial literacy training, random acts of kindness and more.

It didn't go well when Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf appeared before the Senate Banking Committee. Here are some of his worst moments.

It was never going to be a good hearing for Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, but his performance Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee was widely panned. Called to answer for millions of phony accounts being opened, Stumpf didn't know the answers to many of the lawmakers' questions and distanced himself from the board which he chairs. Lawmakers from both parties were highly critical. The following were some of Stumpf's worst moments:

Charitable donations, Instagram contests and candy-filled fire hydrants are all part of the latest round of credit union community news.