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The credit card network has teamed up with an ICBA unit and the fintech Urban FT to offer a payments services program tailored to community banks trying to keep pace with bigger banks.

Credit unions are changing up personnel in operations, finance, lending and more.

Credit unions in those two states also posted double-digit growth in total loans and recorded lower delinquency rates.

AI can help reduce risk, make more loans and find ideal members for credit unions.

Under the recently appointed Director Kathy Kraninger, the bureau has the opportunity to address numerous problems with its collection and presentation of consumer grievances.

As competitive pressures mount for midsize banks, more institutions are likely to follow the lead of BB&T-SunTrust and amass more resources for investing in AI, digital platforms and other cutting-edge technologies.

American Banker reporter Neil Haggerty examines the political implications of CEO Tim Sloan's testimony to the House last week.

The deal will give Janney greater access to the community banking sector.

The bank is tying manager pay to inclusive hiring; Cboe Global Markets to stop trading bitcoin futures.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple and Google Pay make headway in Germany; New payroll fintech debuts; Prepaid cryptocurrency card expands in Europe; A new collaboration offers intallment payments for travel.

A handful of institutions are dipping a toe into a niche lending market that saw sales level off precipitously in the wake of the Great Recession.

Financial institutions that participate in state-administered EBT programs have a unique opportunity to put more money in the pockets of the nation’s neediest by eliminating surcharge fees on their ATMs, writes Kim Bynan, a senior vice president at FIS.

The online lending industry has turned to the courts, Congress and now federal banking agencies in an effort, thus far fruitless, to blunt the impact of a 2015 appeals court ruling.

Recent remarks from top officials at the FDIC and Fed suggest the agencies' recent impasse over reforming the Community Reinvestment Act may be ending.

First-term Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has sponsored the Prevent Discrimination in Auto Insurance Act in order to prevent “undue burden” on low-income individuals seeking auto insurance.

A number of credit unions have faced lawsuits alleging their websites failed to meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The companies could bring something new, such as merchant acquiring to community banks, but their merger could also cause anxiety about giant vendors.

Bank technology giants FIS and Fiserv are spending nearly $66 billion between them in just the past few weeks to add a broad swath of payments technology — including a few key nuggets that will help them go toe to toe with fintechs.

Congress granted banks significant reg relief last year, but incoming ICBA Chairman Preston Kennedy says a lighter touch is needed with Bank Secrecy Act rules, loan-loss modeling and call reports.

The former Washington Gas Light FCU in Virginia has unveiled its new name.