Fintech

Most people don't like reading the fine print. That's a problem when there is important information and money on the line. That is precisely why the financial services industry must change the way that product disclosures are designed.

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Last year, Community 1st Credit Union wanted to find a way to increase the number of members who considered the CU their primary financial institution.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. — As a community-chartered credit union, one of Diamond Credit Union's growth strategies is expanding its branch network.

Credit unions remain highly popular with their members, again beating the commercial banking sector, according to a survey by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

Cardpool is partnering with SCVNGR's LevelUp to give consumers an alternative way to spend unwanted gift cards.

Modern technology has turned the payments industry into a juggling act, particularly for those charged with deploying new techniques to protect payment card data.

Virtual Piggy, which provides the Oink online wallet service for their youths, will release a prepaid Discover card to extend its offering to retail stores.

The World Council of Credit Unions has launched a program aimed at helping CUs and Millennials better understand one another.

I would encourage the CFPB to focus their energies on advancing the road to credit concept instead of focusing on how to restrict credit.

Biometric authentication may seem all the rage now that Apple uses fingerprint authentication in its mobile wallet, but the Bitcoin ATM provider RoboCoin has concluded that biometric technology can be more of a hassle than a help.