Banking

OUR Community Bank would focus on small-business loans with an emphasis on underserved Hispanic and Latino communities in South Florida.

MetroCity Bankshares has said it could use the proceeds to open branches or pursue acquisitions.

Renaud Laplanche, one of the first fintech disruptors, is launching an unusual type of credit product at Upgrade, his new company, that is a cross between a credit card and an unsecured loan.

Facebook CEO to face a skeptical House panel on Oct. 23; bank stocks have given up last month’s gains as investors await earnings season.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: PayPal loses on its Uber investment; Rapyd gets a license in Singapore; Masabi builds interoperable transit payments in Ohio; Binance finds partners for crypto in China.

The court passed up a recent opportunity to clarify confusion about Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for business websites, raising concerns that credit unions could become an even more inviting litigation target.

Cash is not dead, but the burdens of ensuring access threaten to break long-standing ecosystems that sustain traditional payments.

The Federal Reserve’s FedNow instant payments system will dramatically speed up payment processing, essentially allowing people and businesses to receive money in their accounts within seconds of a transaction, says the Retail Industry Leaders Association's Austen Jensen.

The Providence, R.I., bank recently installed a new regional head in California to oversee a commercial banking expansion into five western states. The bank says it’s trying to craft a successful growth strategy while reassuring investors it isn’t overreaching.

The court passed up a recent opportunity to clarify confusion about Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for business websites, raising concerns among bankers that they could become an even more inviting litigation target.

Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union, which will serve farmers and the food industry, opened this week and aims to make $12 million in loans over the next six years.

Barely noticed in a corner of the financial markets, leveraged loans originally worth about $40 billion are staging their own private meltdown.

Credit unions have until Monday night to submit pictures for the popular Day in the Life of Credit Unions photo essay.

Following a two-year pilot, several Sri Lanka banks are rolling out co-branded credit and debit cards connecting LankaPay, the local payments network, with Japan’s JCB brand, extending the cards’ reach to any global merchant or ATM that accepts JCB.

Credit unions approved just 39.7% of small business loan applications in September, according to the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

The EU wants to protect the euro and ensure Facebook’s digital currency isn’t used for money laundering; the brokerage is partnering with six banks to offer 2% on account balances.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Barclays cuts cash access at U.K. post offices; Taiwan offers incentives to use mobile payments; WEX expands; Japan allows political donations in crypto.

A strong economy, low-cost deposits and disruption from M&A are presenting opportunities.

The state's Democratic-controlled Legislature has enacted laws establishing data privacy rights, giving municipalities the ability to set up public banks, and requiring standardized disclosures on small-business loans, among other issues. Lawmakers elsewhere are taking notice.

Though synthetic identity fraud is down across the industry, there's been an uptick in such attacks targeting credit unions.