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Credit unions large and small (and all sizes in between) are giving back in a big way.

CIBC’s CEO vows to stay “disciplined” in his bid to buy PrivateBancorp, even as some of the Chicago bank’s investors say the deal is insufficient. The head of RBC, meanwhile, said it will pursue organic growth instead of acquisitions, at least for a while.

Banks are partnering with tech companies to win back some of the small-business customers that the industry lost to fintechs.

The Denver bank had spent the last two-plus years addressing concerns about capital and underwriting procedures.

Back-office and member-facing technology can provide valuable data to help shape the member’s experience, keeping it long on service but short on time spent waiting.

The industry had cause to celebrate when the regulator revamped its MBL and FOM regulations, but several fights are brewing.

Canada's largest lender reported double-digit profit growth in its latest quarter in part because of CEO David McKay's focus on expanding in private wealth and commercial banking in the U.S.

The British bank recovered after two years of red ink and is close to finishing a major restructuring; DOJ, Treasury and New York state are investigating the credit card lender.

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A core processing startup gets $16 million and a U.K. challenger bank raises $27.6 million.

MUFG Union Bank is launching PurePoint Financial, a largely online savings bank that will still offer opportunities for face-to-face interaction.

The Dallas-based lender is planning to boost originations to borrowers with solid credit scores amid fears that the subprime auto market is overheating.

Donald Trump is considering nominating U.S. Bancorp Chief Executive Officer Richard Davis for the Federal Reserve Board, said people familiar with the matter, as the president prepares to start reshaping the central bank’s approach to monetary policy and Wall Street oversight.

Screen scraping has plenty of critics, but the alternatives, OAuth and APIs, have their share of detractors, too.

Banking loses a pioneering female CEO in Melanie Dressel; B of A’s Michelle Moore says mobile is used by most of its customers; Uber is the Tailhook of the new era, and more.

CIBC reported strong first-quarter numbers across the board in the kickoff of Canadian banks’ earnings season.

Retailers are prepared to go to the mat to defend the Durbin Amendment on swipe fees; tech firms who sought to displace big banks now sell their wares to them.

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The prepaid card issuer has been striving to overcome the setback it suffered from the discontinuation of a popular product in 2015.