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Payments and marketing are getting closer than ever, and several companies are blurring the line between where the payment ends and where the pitch begins.

A selection of images featuring credit unions’ efforts in their communities.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

American Banker asked readers and staff members to recommend books for bankers to take on their summer vacations. Share your own suggestions in the Comments section below.

By July 2008, when Apple introduced the app store as part of the new iPhone 3G, the idea of mobile payments had largely flopped. The app store gave payments companies a second chance at creating the mobile wallet — but many still stumbled along the way.

The most notable quotes from American Banker stories of the previous week. Readers are encouraged to add their own observations in the Comments fields at the bottom of each slide.

Banks are facing new challenges ranging from cyberattacks to funding needs, and many have created special posts to confront those issues. Here are some relatively new titles that have sprung up in recent years.

A selection of images featuring credit unions’ efforts in their communities.

Retailers are bombarded with new mobile payment methods. Many merchants chose to move forward with two or more new technologies rather than bet their future on just one mobile wallet.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

There were three issues that dominated Washington in June: cybersecurity, CFPB rules and staffing problems, and the unexpected emergence of a bipartisan housing finance reform bill. Following are the stories you don't want to miss:

The most notable quotes from American Banker stories of the previous week. Readers are encouraged to add their own observations in the Comments fields at the bottom of each slide.

The future of retail banking, the quest for profitable growth and regulators' continued stumbles were among the topics that drew the most reader interest in the first half of 2013. Following are the ten most popular stories on AmericanBanker.com in the year through June, as measured by the number of page views.

A selection of images featuring credit unions’ efforts in their communities.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. As excerpted from the Comments sections of AmericanBanker.com articles.

It's been an eventful year so far in the payments industry. Exciting new technologies, dramatic executive turnover and ongoing courtroom drama have defined 2013's first six months.

Banks have managed to sustain profit growth in recent quarters despite weak loan demand by refinancing large numbers of home loans and reducing loan-loss reserves. But those opportunities appear to be fading, which his raising concern about what will drive profits in the near term. Here's a look at what to expect for second-quarter results.

The most notable quotes from American Banker stories of the previous week. Readers are encouraged to add their own observations in the Comments fields at the bottom of each slide.

A handful of banks dominate the Top 5 performers in survey questions about the key components of reputation. The annual American Banker/Reputation Institute Survey of Bank Reputations drills into customers' and noncustomers' feelings about each bank's record on governance, products, workplace environment, innovation, financial performance, corporate citizenship and leadership.

Attorney General Eric Holder ruffled feathers in March when he indicated during Capitol Hill testimony that some financial institutions are "too big to jail." Holder later tried to backtrack amid a fierce public outcry. The controversy comes on the heels of claims by some critics that the DOJ and Obama administration have given the politically well-connected banking industry an undeserved free pass in the wake of the financial crisis. As the following examples illustrate, however, the government has acted aggressively in some cases to bring senior bankers to justice-senior bankers at small institutions, that is.