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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.

Walmart Pay is the culmination of years of efforts that Walmart has put into building its brand as a trusted provider of payments. In addition to its new mobile wallet, Walmart has been involved in numerous innovative projects to help its customers move money.

When credit union executives were asked what they thought the Credit Union National Association’s three top priorities should be, here’s what they replied.

Chief information security officers at banks say their top priority is keeping data of all kinds (customer, employee, credit, performance, you name it) safe from attacks. They answered candidly when we asked who or what the greatest risks are.

The Defense Credit Union Council inducts four into its Hall of Honor and other credit union advocates in the news.

U.S banks have come a long way from the early days of the stress tests, when it was unclear if any would pass. The majority of banks easily cleared the 5% minimum level for capital under the severely adverse scenario as well as the vaguer qualitative test the Federal Reserve Board imposes, suggesting institutions have finally gotten a handle on the process. Still, it's useful to see which banks improved from last year, as well as the few which fell toward the back of the back.

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.

Two VPs head to the C Suite and other credit union professionals in the news.

SEATTLE — A new awareness initiative introduced Tuesday at the Credit Union National Association's America's Credit Union Conference set the stage for a focus on advocacy at the third day of CUNA's annual meeting on Wednesday.

London has emerged as a mecca for fintech in the last few years, with more than half of top startups there in financial services or payments. When the U.K. voted in a national referendum on Thursday to leave the European Union, it created a lot of uncertainty for these startups. Here FemTech leaders share their views on how the referendum affects the relationship between banks and fintech and their appetites for collaboration.

SEATTLE — Disruption—both positive and negative—was on display at America's Credit Union Conference Tuesday, with intelligence from the man who brought us the Genius Bar and selling Tesla vehicles at the mall, to how the new NCUA chairman is disrupting some long-standing traditions at the agency, how "Brexit" is disrupting the economy and how conference host Credit Union National Association is looking to disrupt the way Americans think of credit unions.

Bankers, fintech entrepreneurs, regulators and other financial services players gathered in New Orleans last week to discuss the future of the industry at SourceMedia's Digital Banking 2016 conference. Here are some of the highlights of the conference. For more, check out the hashtag #digibank16 on Twitter.

Credit union leaders appointed to key boards and other CU advocates in the news.

Bankers, fintech entrepreneurs, regulators and other financial services players gathered in New Orleans last week to discuss the future of the industry at American Banker's Digital Banking 2016 conference. Here are some of the highlights of the conference. For more, check out the hashtag #digibank16 on Twitter.

Day 1 of America's Credit Union Conference competed with the sights and sounds of the host city.

Perhaps you read on vacation to escape the financial services grind, or perhaps you read to hone your business craft. Numerous titles on this year's list — recommended by American Banker readers, BankThink contributors, our staff and others — fall somewhere in between. Read about the lives of figures like Elon Musk or Barney Frank. Understand disruption, human error and how to manage stress. Or, perhaps you just want some insight into the sociopath's playbook. It's all here.

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.

Of all the changes in the banking industry over the last eight years, this one is perhaps most surprising: the bank that was once synonymous with high finance now takes deposits as small as $1. Here is a look at key steps in Goldman Sachs' decision to look beyond its roots in investment banking and develop a retail business.

A look at who’s been commended, elected and promoted in the credit union community.

Microsoft is in the process of rolling out a mobile wallet for its small share of the smartphone market. But the company has been steadily developing this technology across much bigger platforms.