Fintech

Each of these wallets has developed its own personality — and, presumably, its own must-have feature to pull consumers and merchants away from the competition.

The Austin-based credit union serves seven counties in Central Texas.

The Chicago-based Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co. focuses exclusively on municipal securities.

Cash discounting, or informing customers that items in the store are priced less expensively if purchased with cash, does not have the legal barriers of straight surcharging, which is simply charging more for products to cover card fees.

Three of the trade group's specialty councils banded together on a report that looks at how credit unions can improve their metrics and data analytics related to growth.

Facebook is seeking customer data from big banks. Executives say it's not clear what the benefit would be, but the drawbacks are easy to tally.

The Massachusetts-based CU says membership growth has accelerated to 7.4 percent.

U.S. authorities are forced to take action on some shady dealings up north; the Systemic Risk Council says weaker capital rules could deflate bank equity.

Gateway Mortgage's owners plan to merge the mortgage lender into Farmers Exchange Bank.

Visa has continued to establish a more complete B2B offering, working through its Visa B2B Connect blockchain payments service to help companies establish application interfaces and platforms to handle business transactions more efficiently.