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French banking giant Crédit Agricole’s payments unit has signed a deal with Wirecard to develop an integrated payment acceptance and acquiring platform serving large merchants.

United Community Banks in Georgia tried hiring Lynn Harton in 2006, but he took another job. They kept in touch, and he's now poised to become the company's CEO.

Jimmy Tallent, who will become the Georgia company's executive chairman, will be succeeded by Lynn Harton.

Slowly and silently, 10,000 free-to-use ATMs are set to disappear from Britain’s high streets over the next four years — despite recent findings that at least 3 million people across the U.K. rely on cash for almost all of their day-to-day payments.

Renasant is requiring Brand Group to sell $55 million in classified loans before closing the deal, while attaching an incentive for the seller to get as much as possible for those sales.

The Mississippi company will gain nearly $2 billion in loans after it buys Brand Group Holdings.

Bank of America pays female staff in Britain 28.7% less on average than male employees, according to a report released Tuesday.

Morgan Stanley also reported a wide disparity in gender pay, reflecting the greater proportion of men in top executive posts.

Digital money transfer provider SimbaPay has added an artificial-intelligence-powered chatbot that will enable banks and other companies to offer international money transfer to customers across Africa and Europe through text messaging.

The ClearSpend app will allow businesses to see real-time updates and make changes to company card accounts instantly.