Banking

A former senior teller at Exchange National Bank & Trust in Atchison, Kan., has been sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to an embezzlement scheme.

President-elect Donald Trump has threatened retaliatory tariffs on China if they cheat on their trading obligations. A good place to start would be China’s payment card market.

Most of the focus for electronic deposits is on mobile-based solutions, but credit unions shouldn't neglect to develop an online solution for use with a desktop computer and scanner.

First Commonwealth Financial in Indiana, Pa., has hired a former Regions Financial executive to lead several of its consumer lending groups.

The Federal Reserve Board has banned two former Regions Financial executives from the banking industry following their indictment on charges of defrauding the Birmingham, Ala., company.

Scandal, business models gone awry, missing money and executive shake-ups — 2016 had it all. Here are the financial services executives or groups of them who took the heat and will be looking for better times in 2017.

With identity management now established as a distinct industry, it needs an organization to nurture its practitioners like those that exist for the privacy and security sectors.

Welcome to the new PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: U.K. pressures Diebold Nixdorf; Hungary develops national fast transfers; Shake Shack expands mobile order; a new ATM threat.

Peapack-Gladstone Financial in Bedminster, N.J., has filed a shelf registration statement to sell as much as $100 million in securities.

Opes Advisors shows would-be borrowers how purchasing a house fits into their total financial picture, now and years into the future. Many of its loan officers are licensed investment advisors.

Liberty Financial Services in New Orleans said it will redeem more than 11,000 shares of preferred stock it issued as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program after receiving an investment from BancorpSouth in Tupelo, Miss.

Flagstar Bancorp in Troy, Mich., said that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has terminated its 2012 consent order with its Flagstar Bank on Monday.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is facing renewed pressure by consumer groups and think tanks to move forward with a plan that would rein in overdraft programs.

John Stumpf and Carrie Tolstedt were ardent evangelists of the bank's sales strategy and culture. Their refusal to move in a new direction left Wells Fargo with problems that will take a long time to fix.

City Holding in Charleston, W.Va., is looking to raise up to $55 million in a stock offering.

Citizens Financial Group in Providence, R.I., said Tuesday that it expects to start offering digital small-business loans in mid-2017.

Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are among a group of institutions reportedly backing Axoni, a capital markets technology firm that specializes in distributed ledger infrastructure.

Ameris Bancorp in Georgia wanted to buy a premium-finance business but settled for a joint venture, blessed by its regulators, after being flagged for insufficient Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

Female entrepreneurs who apply for loans online and are evaluated by an automated system get a bigger share of online credits than they do traditional in-person bank loans. It could be a sign that automated credit decisions are fairer.

United Community Banks in Blairsville, Ga., is searching for a new financial chief officer.