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Petrol, Slovenia’s leading gas station operator, has partnered with Wirecard and Mastercard, enabling users of Petrol’s MBills mobile wallet to add a prepaid Mastercard to their accounts.

Inclusiv's annual conference in Florida focused on the rocky road ahead for small credit unions – and how to ease the way forward.

ATBancorp had an unusual footprint that included a small bank and a number of fee-based businesses. But it had to slim down before it could find a buyer.

Shopify is no stranger to social media — it’s had a partnership with Facebook for three years — and it sees Venmo users' social sharing habits as the perfect means to expand its mobile commerce platform.

A group of large banks is using its considerable size and influence to build standards for trade finance, including agreements on payments processes, documentation and risk—giving the consortium its own ecosystem to counter the myriad forces in technology and e-commerce that threaten to upend traditional practices.

Big banks have plans to open hundreds of branches in new markets to add deposits, but smaller regionals have largely sought to hold the line on costs. Cullen/Frost Bankers' decision to double its branch count in Houston may be a sign that midsize banks are rethinking their retail strategy.

One CEO argues that megabanks aren’t just too big too fail – they’ve failed because they’re too big and lost sight of what's in the interest of consumers.

One U.K. fintech hopes its cryptocurrency-based prepaid debit card will gain traction with bitcoin and ether enthusiasts here.

Despite the fervor over mobile wallets and banking, one day consumers may never need to open a dedicated bank or payment app.

The National Credit Union Administration has already approved the deal, which is set for a Nov. 5 vote.