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Starting in December 2016, fast-casual salad chain Sweetgreen stopped accepting cash at restaurants across the U.S. The move was immediately controversial, but it took more than two years for the company to reverse the decision.

The artificial intelligence engine will handle simple queries directly, feed information to customer service reps for others and analyze all calls.

The Michigan-based credit union, which has a branch network across six states, also saw an increase in deposits.

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank ended talks on a historic tie-up, throwing the future of the lenders into question after a series of failed turnaround plans.

The Oklahoma company will pay $122 million for a bank with three branches in Dallas.

The institution had considered a merger of equals that was never finalized before deciding to change its name to Elevate Credit Union.

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank end merger talks; the digital money transfer unit has more than 40 million digital users, second only to JPMorgan Chase.

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Visa’s not worried about the massive consolidation that’s sweeping the payments industry, seeing it as a force to extend payments innovation globally.

Credit union share of the credit card market is at a record high but there are concerns that this debt could begin to sour if the economy turns.

The U.S. is already very late to the party when it comes to contactless payments. But even so, there are signs that many merchants still aren't prepared for an influx of contactless cards.

Web-based key users can have secure access to an online management application from anywhere in the world and can change key access permissions, profiles, schedules and validity, even revoking their use virtually at the click of a button, writes Pip Courcoux, sales and product manager for CLIQ Systems at Abloy UK.

As with the debate over guns, climate change and other social issues, banks may find themselves pressured to do more to address the country's wealth gap.

The Wilmington, Del., company's new product relies on technology developed by Earnest, a startup that it acquired in 2017.

Investors seem to be betting that a long-rumored sale of the Dallas company is on hold now that it has named a new CEO, but analysts say it remains an attractive takeover target for a larger regional bank.

At a fintech event hosted by the FDIC, the agency’s chief and the head of the OCC offered their views on a wide range of matters.

The Delaware company said newly formed NewLane Finance will use "advanced technologies" to provide expedited financing decisions.

Bradley Linskens, the former examiner-in-charge at Wells Fargo, faced scrutiny for his conduct as the top examiner of the scandal-plagued bank.

SmartFinancial lined up a compelling merger with Entegra. Then a bigger bank offered more money and a higher premium.

Venmo has more than 40 million active users, PayPal has revealed for the first time. This finally gives the market a sense of how popular Venmo is, and sheds a little light on how it compares to the bank-run Zelle service.