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From time off for volunteering to holiday bonuses, "crazy sock day" and more, here's a look at some of the best of the best in the mid-size asset class.

While no one is suggesting that the plan will help banks regain the share they've ceded to nonbanks, bankers believe that stabilizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could at least help them keep what they have.

Industry groups are calling on the consumer bureau to eliminate the debt-to-income limit for “qualified mortgages” and provide a short-term extension of special treatment for Fannie- and Freddie-backed loans.

Kenneth Blanco expressed concern in a speech about cyber criminals using "synthetic identities" to commit fraud with data stolen from fintech platforms.

It is the bank’s second big gift to the nonprofit Financial Health Network in recent years, with this one earmarked for a financial solutions lab.

The North Carolina company agreed to buy the much-smaller Community Financial Holding.

Swindler will take over leadership at the Olympia, Wash.-based credit union in October. Longtime CEO Kevin Foster-Keddie prepares to retire next year following a transition period.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, proposed having the central bank update Congress on measures to strengthen its own cybersecurity as well as that of institutions under its watch.

The Maryland company says two recent deals, including its agreement to buy Revere Bank, give it the right amount of coverage across Washington's suburbs.

The app, which started with mobile gaming, will now integrate itself with some of the most popular video games on the market such as Fortnite.

After investing in a payments CUSO earlier this year, the Florida-based credit union is looking for additional opportunities to work with fintechs.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has bought a third of Ant Financial, the online financial services behemoth controlled by billionaire Jack Ma, augmenting a global array of investments now worth $83 billion.

PayPal must pay a fine to the U.K.’s top financial watchdog for failing to keep its operations completely separate from iZettle while authorities investigated competitive effects of PayPal's purchase of the Sweden-based mobile POS provider.

Christina Sauve will succeed Ron Ehrenreich, who founded the institution.

The major technology companies that have chipped away at incumbent payment businesses face much larger competition from this year’s big processing mergers, but they’ve also bulked up through fundraising and product development.

As mobile and contactless payments expand, the need for instant issuance will be greater, says CPI Card Group's Rob Dixon.

David Muse will take the helm at the Maryland-based institution on Oct. 15.

The bank has developed APIs to feed customer data directly to seven fintechs and data aggregators, including MX and Finicity.

FWBank would be led by Marianne Markowitz, former acting SBA director. Amy Fahey, a former JPMorgan Chase executive, would serve as chairman.

The San Francisco startup plans to use the fresh funding to hire employees in its engineering team and to expand the number of platforms it works with.