Fintech

Another look at how credit unions are giving back and making a difference in consumers' lives.

Jennifer Jackson will succeed Shane Holdaway as head of the Toronto-based unit, which has 1,200 employees.

In this highly competitive environment, catering to the unique needs of each customer is more important than ever, writes Matt Clark, president and COO of Corcentric.

Virginia National will set aside up to $950,000 to cover losses after ReliaMax, a firm that issues surety bonds for student loans, was placed into liquidation.

Whatever the reason that Plaid, a prominent data aggregator, can no longer access data from Capital One, the situation demonstrates how fragile fintechs are when they lose banking access.

More than three decades after American flags stopped being placed at headstones at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, one Twin Cities-area credit union brought the flags back – for more than 200,000 gravesites.

Entrust Datacard, which serves both sides of the physical and digital payments spectrum, sees the categories' fates as intertwined. The more momentum digital and mobile wallets have, the more opportunity they create for their plastic counterparts.

PFCU and SageLink Credit Union have combined to create an institution with more than $533 million in assets.

The final sale price came it at $6.9 billion, or about $900 million more than what the two firms agreed upon when the deal was announced in November.

Donations to improve kids' lives, branch expansions, helping the less fortunate and other ways credit unions are making a difference.