Banking

Year to date Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

After bringing in a new leader and overhauling its board, Freedom Bank in northern Virginia is looking at digital upgrades and expansion into new markets to stay relevant.

When Listerhill Credit Union was developing its latest location, management decided on using smart ATMs and a more open floor plan.

Entrepreneurship among veterans has been declining over the past 20 years, according to a report by the SBA and the New York Fed.

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Users are not only more rational in their choice of card, but they are also investing time and effort to find ways to maximize their return from reward points, according to Simon-Kucher & Partners’ Wei Ke and Wenbo Li.

The industry saw some well-known executives step down from their roles or take on new ones during the past month.

A Colorado business owner and the second-largest U.S. bank are set to go to court this month over his intellectual property claim that he owns the service mark for an online virtual assistant named Erica. That is the same name the bank uses for its digital assistant.

Mexico's next president wants to prohibit banks from charging ATM and other fees. That could be bad news for Citigroup and other banks with large retail networks in the country.

What the Democrats' House takeover means for banks; Synchrony has a lot to lose in fight with Walmart; should industry fear Waters-led banking panel?; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Entrepreneurship among veterans has been declining over the past 20 years, according to a report by the SBA and the New York Fed.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is considering a plan to have banks break out charge-offs and recoveries on a year-by-year basis. Bankers fear new systems would be needed to comply.

A new group aims to foster collaboration between fintechs and state and federal officials in the fight against crime — without hindering legitimate business innovation.

The five institutions join AFG's balloon lending program, bringing 2.7 million consumers and $1.5 billion in assets into the fold.

The Norway company is introducing a service in Finland and Sweden giving consumers an instant-credit option enabling them to opt to pay later for purchases.

HSBC is the latest bank to be hit with this type of attack, in which hackers take stolen usernames and passwords from one site and attempt to reuse them to login to banks.

Northern Oak Wealth Management is a registered investment adviser with $800 million in assets under management.

The Nashville, Tenn., company had opposed a request by Gaylon Lawrence to boost his ownership to 15%.

As the FDIC considers reforms to its brokered deposit rules, the agency should recall the problems these funds caused in the lead-up to the S&L crisis, argues former Chairman William Isaac.

The state's Q3 numbers show a continuation of positive trends for Wisconsin's state-chartered credit unions.