Fintech

As the reigning technology giants demand consumers do everything through voice-controlled smart speakers, they may inadvertently succeed where smartphone-based wallets stalled.

Assemble allows Mastercard partners or issuers to provide checking, budgeting and payment features, as well as additional money management.

The Illinois-based CU has given back $10 million to members in the past 10 years.

Citizens Equity First Credit Union has paid out $230 million in diviends over the past 18 years.

A group has filed an application for form a bank in Birmingham, a city with a large pool of bankers and a steadily growing economy.

Banks and fintechs are competing heavily to modernize cross-border payments, and Citi is using its upgraded treasury unit to add speed to its own international cross-border digital payments capabilities in more than 60 countries.

John Kimberly, who was CEO of a bank that CAB bought in 2014, is set to take the helm on Jan. 1.

The California company is set to pick up a dozen branches after it buys FNB for $315 million.

The $74 million acquisition will allow First Mid-Illinois to expands it operatations in the Champaign-Urbana region in Illinois.

In a relationship-based business, it’s not enough to sell your customers a sharp tool to pay for things. You also have to help them avoid cutting themselves with it.