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

Apple's Passbook wallet is a blank canvas for developers of mobile payment apps. Some Passbook apps take a conventional approach to payments, and others put a more imaginative spin on what a mobile wallet can be.

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.

U.S. banks are expected to unload up to $2 trillion in mortgage servicing rights. Behind the sell-off are tough new Basel III capital requirements and the past failures in servicing troubled loans that has brought unwanted scrutiny. Picking up the slack are nonbanks like Nationstar (NSM), Ocwen Financial (OCN) and Walter Investment (WAC), all of which have been aggressively snapping up banks' servicing portfolios. Watch out, too, for Penny Mac, which plans to use the proceeds from its planned public offering to fund servicing acquisitions.

Banks have been pillars of their communities and pillars of local architecture throughout American history. Several institutions today operate out of digs that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Here's a look at some of the most notable and elegant examples.

It was very busy in Washington last week, but the item that produced the most news in the banking world wasn't even on the radar. Attorney General Eric Holder was supposed to talk about drones, but he also made a surprising admission with far-reaching consequences.

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

American Express is doing a lot to shed its image as the card for the elite. In recent years Amex has worked with Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, video game companies and other new partners to win the favor of young adults.

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.

M&T CEO Robert Wilmers packs a punch in his annual letters to shareholders. Here are some of the highlights of this year's missive.

At Celent's Innovation and Insight Day last week in Boston, the research and consulting firm handed out 21 Model Bank Awards based on several criteria, including degree of innovation, business benefits derived and technology or integration excellence. These seven projects were the favorites of Sean Sposito, who attended the event.

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.

From the National Banking Act signed by Abraham Lincoln all the way to the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the structure of the bank regulatory system has been a work in progress. Here are some of the biggest laws of the last 150 years.

VISIONBank in Fargo, N.D., has converted a former restaurant into an eye-catching branch where customers are invited to sit by the fire, play with the dog, grab a soda from the fridge and make themselves at home.

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

The 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, produced by the mobile operators group GSMA, was the launching point for many significant payments initiatives.

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.

This week, the most senior JPMorgan Chase (JPM) executives spent six hours airing their plans for growth – and retrenchment. Here are some of the strategies Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and his top lieutenants discussed.

Scenes from CUNA’s Governmental Affairs Conference