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The partnership PayPal announced last year with Samsung Pay has come to fruition, with PayPal rolling out a new capability enabling its users to make purchases at any store that accepts cards via Samsung Pay.

Nearly a third of NBT Bancorp's revenue comes from fee businesses, though it took patience, several acquisitions and a tolerance for added regulation to get there.

The high-profile hiring of Huntley Garriott comes a year after the North Carolina company had brought on a veteran banker to run the unit.

The California company, which also focuses on Asian-Americans, agreed to buy First American International.

A federal grand jury in Charlotte, N.C., has indicted a former credit union CEO with fraud in connection with the U.S. government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Philanthropy, tech donations, giving back to homeless veterans and other ways credit unions are giving back in their communities.

First Personal Bank in Illinois tried — and failed — to sell itself three times. The bank finally found an eager buyer after tackling several lingering problems.

As marijuana legalization spreads throughout the U.S. and the world, companies in the cannabis market must navigate a delicate tangle of new and old regulations. And many payment providers are unwilling to risk working with dispensaries, leading to some inventive workarounds.

The news of the data breach cast a shadow over relatively strong first-quarter earnings for the Atlanta bank.

An $378 million agreement to buy Farmers Capital will allow the West Virginia company to bridge a gap between Louisville, Ky., and Huntington, W.Va.