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An alliance between State Department FCU and American Citizens Abroad seeks to lower barriers for how Americans living abroad access their money.

The city has spent more than a decade working with nonprofits and banks to encourage people to open deposit accounts. Outreach and special products have lowered the unbanked rate in San Francisco to 2.1% in 2015 from 5.9% in 2011.

On March 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

Wells Fargo, which is expanding its investment banking unit, has hired Mike Mayo to oversee U.S. large-cap bank research.

Financial institutions are understandably concerned about sharing sensitive member data, but a fintech startup with credit union DNA is looking to change that.

Grand openings, anniversaries, benefits and more ways credit unions are giving back to the communities they serve.

The bank-owned person-to-person network formally went live Monday, enabling direct transfer of funds across 30 U.S. financial institutions. There are a lot of questions around whether it can compete with the current kings of P-to-P — Venmo and PayPal — but Zelle may not be aiming to take them head-on just yet.

Financial institutions are trusted stores of data about money because they are insured and have a license from governments to operate. Monetizing that data can give them a leg up on the tech giants.

The company agreed to pay $162 million to buy First South Bancorp in Washington, N.C. It is the fifth time this year that a bank in North Carolina has agreed to be sold to a buyer from another state.

The new acting chief of one of Washington’s major banking regulators has agreed to stay away from issues involving dozens of former legal clients, including 14 banks that the agency oversees, according to his ethics agreement.