Branch banking

Diebold has acquired enough Wincor Nixdorf shares to complete the purchase of its German rival, a deal that creates a maker of cash machines and systems with more than $5 billion in sales.

In a move that counters Sweden's reputation as a country that encourages its citizens to not use cash in the payments network, The National Bank of Sweden is asking regulators to make access to cash a legal right.

Wings Financial Credit Union has scored a deal to take over a branch from U.S. Bank at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

Bluetooth beacons — small nightlight-sized devices that can communicate with a mobile app as shoppers move throughout a store — may have the same potential for bank branches as they do for mega-retailers like Target Corp.

Vidyo, a startup whose video technology is used in Google Hangout, said Tuesday it was tapped by automated teller machine-maker NCR to provide video conferencing software for NCR's 250 bank and credit union customers.

Atlanta is flush with payment processors that handle more than 70% of the nation's transactions. These players now plan to expand their reach even further, hoping to make the southern city a fintech hub to rival Silicon Valley and New York.

NCR Corp. has customized a payment kiosk for E. Sun Bank in Taiwan, the first of its kind for the island nation.

To Diebold Inc., the nation’s largest ATM maker, the ongoing shift to omnichannel commerce is as much a threat as it is an opportunity.

Cardless ATMs are still a rare sight in the U.S., but the use cases are proliferating for companies that want to upend traditional cash machines.

Several big banks have promised their customers cardless ATMs this year, but customers of the $1.2 billion-asset Avidia have been able to get cash without taking out their cards since last summer.

Eastern Bank turned to YouTube videos as a way to connect with customers it picked up in a recent acquisition in New Hampshire. It even got a little help from Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots.

First National Bank of Central Texas is now arming its bankers with iPads so that they can open accounts for small-business customers on the road.

TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn., will close 33 branches inside Jewel-Osco stores in the Chicago area.

Russian billionaire Oleg Boyko’s private- equity company bought a stake in Germany’s Spotcap as the online lender backed by Rocket Internet SE secured its biggest financing to date.

The largest institutions moved to the top of J.D. Power's rankings, thanks largely to the popularity of their digital offerings and high scores among young adults.

Bank of America announced Thursday that it customers can now suspend their debit cards temporarily; it is the first of several new features the bank has planned for 2016 after it tripled its digital banking budget.

JPMorgan Chase customers will soon be able to withdraw cash using their mobile phones at the company’s ATMs.

Fintech is a chic topic at Davos, but it's barely a blip on the radar of analysts who lock in on hard numbers during earnings calls. Yet with tech taking a bigger role in financial services, mobile banking or the blockchain might soon become as topical as efficiency ratios or net interest margins.

NEW YORK — Despite crippling amounts of snow from behemoth winter storm Jonas, most credit unions are operating relatively normally, according to leagues in some of the hardest-hit states in the Eastern U.S.

Diebold has launched a mobile-enabled, self-checkout concept based on its automated teller machine systems.