Fintech

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expected to release tighter rules for prepaid cards in the next several weeks, prepaid issuers are pushing what they see as advantages over banks, such as fast access to payroll funds.

Citigroup mistakenly sent emails to some active Costco Wholesale members telling them their wholesale club membership had lapsed and that their cards would be canceled, bringing a fresh headache to the new partnership.

Diebold Nixdorf’s shiny new corporate moniker is already threatened by a possible deep investigation by U.K. authorities into the company’s possible anti-competitive violations.

This week Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp is launching a new consumer account that's designed to appeal to millions of Americans shut out of the mainstream financial system.

U.S.-based credit unions aren't the only ones engaged in a slew of mergers — the trend is also underway across the pond.

The California and Nevada Credit Union Leagues have partnered with education technology company EverFi to bring digital financial education to 70 of their member credit unions and the communities they serve.

Merchants aren't letting banks do all the innovation in mobile payments. Several companies are forging ahead with their own unique takes on app-based payments.

The regional bank has consolidated all of its digital operations under a single leader. Find out what he thinks about customer expectations, bots, fintechs and the coming convergence of digital banking.

Lower Valley Credit Union, based in Sunnyside, Wash., on Wednesday announced it was given a $100,000 Wells Fargo NEXT Seed Capital Award to implement its strategy to launch an innovative consumer finance community outreach program in Prescott, Wash.

Over the last few weeks, the expansion of digital person-to-person payment platforms and the resulting growth in consumer adoption has garnered a lot of attention.