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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.

Regulators usually shut down banks on Friday nights to minimize disruption. However, no rule says failures have to occur on the sixth day of the week. Here is a look, in pictures, at noteworthy seizures on days other than Friday.

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.

Like Jamie Dimon, a number of bank leaders have been in fights to keep their chairmanships from being lopped off in recent years. Many lost, and a few survived—but it's rarely pretty.

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

BTN reporter Sean Sposito is at the FinovateSpring startup showcase in San Francisco this week. Here are several companies that piqued his interest.

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.

Square, PayPal, Groupon and others recently revealed a flurry of new technology at the point of sale, demonstrating just how capable tablets and smartphones are at handling payments and other needs for small merchants.

Banks are starving for new revenue sources these days. Some are responding to fierce competition in mainstream lending markets by looking further afield, to financing ventures like improving energy efficiency and the building of manufactured housing. Following are examples of banks that are creating daylight between themselves and their rivals by focusing on unique businesses.

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 $45 million prepaid card crime spree, recently revealed by law enforcement agencies, is the latest in a long string of hacks on payment processors.

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.

As bank bosses sent out their annual shareholder letters in recent weeks, two themes dominated: The challenges of operating in an increasingly regulated, low interest rate world; and the desire to assure investors that they're putting safety first. Following are some notable quotes from around the industry.

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.

Shareholders and regulators are on the warpath against executive compensation they regard as excessive or poorly structured. Senior bankers and directors, like their colleagues elsewhere in the corporate world, are struggling to design pay plans that encourage managers to innovate while discouraging excessive risk-taking. Further complicating the task are the sometimes competing agendas of investors and rule-makers, as well as the uncertainty surrounding the many Dodd-Frank pay rules yet to be written. Following is a look at some of hot-button items shaping executive compensation during the current proxy season.

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

Canada is presenting many opportunities to the payments companies operating within its borders and in the U.S. Here are some of the most recent examples.

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.