Retail & Commercial

Several community banks are taking a serious look at building eco-friendly branches — not just to be "green," but to save some green, too.

Amalgamated, a New York bank that manages assets for hundreds of pension plans, has secured a $139 million settlement from News Corporation in a suit it filed against the media giant on behalf of its clients.

Equity Bancshares in Wichita, Kan., may use the Troubled Asset Relief Program to buy a stake in Blue Valley Ban Corp, an in-state rival.

After lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill failed, banks that rely heavily on deposits from Latin America are going to court to halt new regulation that requires them to report to interest paid to nonresidents.

There's a lot payment companies can lean from downfall of the Pony Express, according to Brett King, founder of the financial services startup of Moven.

The National Credit Union Administration has certified last month's member vote at HarborOne Credit Union in Brockton, Mass., to convert to a mutual savings bank.

Global Payments will begin offering merchants currency conversion services at their point of sale terminals through an integration with Planet Payment.

Datacard Group is offering a new CD820 instant card issuance system which can support contact and contactless EMV-chip cards.

A breakdown of M&A announcements in the financial services industry for the week ended April 20.

ACI Worldwide has launched the ACI Universal Payments Platform, throwing its hat into a busy ring of companies building technology to allow financial institutions, processors and retailers to keep up with the nimble startups and other factors that are reshaping the payments industry.