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The Mississippi company will also top $4 billion in assets when it buys Southwest Georgia Financial.

The Federal Reserve’s Lael Brainard this week tossed fresh regulatory pressure on Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project, comments that come as central banks around the world work on digital currencies to counter the social network’s cryptocurrency project.

Jim McLemore has a new job just three months after orchestrating MidSouth's sale to Hancock Whitney.

Organizers have applied to form Craft Bank. If successful, the bank would become the third to open in the Atlanta area in recent years.

Mike Mercer had planed to work as part of the combined League of Southeastern Credit Unions until a least 2023, but recently approached the league's board with an early retirement request.

France’s Orange Bank, the online bank launched in 2017 by telco Orange, is expanding its mobile payment app’s reach by adding Google Pay through an integration via Wirecard.

The company will significantly boost its origination volume after buying 51% of BrandMortgage.

European challenger bank N26 is adding a range of promotional incentives for using its debit card as it expands in the U.S.

Visa has formed a strategic partnership with Global Processing Services. It also announced its Visa Direct debit push service will power real-time cross-border payments in Europe via TransferWise.

Nationwide Building Society is investing in the U.K. fintech charity app Percent, broadening Nationwide's support of charities and expanding Percent’s user base beyond its traditional core segment of students and young adults.