Automated teller machines have come a long way since Barclays rolled out the world's first ATM at a branch in north London 50 years ago. Here's a look at some of the milestone moments and key innovations in ATM technology over the past five decades.

Regulators have hinted that they're warming up to the idea of startups, but industry veteran George Groves is raising money to buy an existing bank because he fears the approval process would take too long.

The Tennessee bank has agreed to pay nearly $85 million for Capstone Bancshares in Alabama.

Long Game uses behavioral economics and the mass popularity of lottery games to redirect lottery spending toward savings.

A Nebraska banking veteran put up $1 million of her own money to create a microlending program that doesn't require business owners to provide traditional collateral.

With the future of payday lending in flux, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has the ability to help provide consumers with a better credit option.

Better information security will remain the foundation of success as the financial services industry moves quickly to engage new business models.

The gray-bearded ATM would seem like a goner since mobile usage is surging and cash withdrawals are flatlining. But banks such as JPMorgan, B of A and PNC are pouring money into overhauling them in a bid, oddly enough, to attract a younger generation of customer.

Helping youngsters learn to save, giving back to local nonprofits and other ways the movement is demonstrating the credit union difference.

Union Bankshares is poised to become a nearly $12 billion-asset bank in a state that lost most of its midsize institutions in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Year to date through Mar. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

Users want more control over their data and more seamless integration with their financial tools. Banks and credit unions cannot wait for a regulation like PSD2 to move forward.

Year to date through Mar. 31, 2017. Dollars in thousands

A dozen years after it pioneered the technology, the company now says any bank or credit union using RDC is infringing on its innovation.

The company agreed to buy Commerce Bancshares, which has three branches in Boston.

The $701 million acquisition will make Union the biggest community bank based in Virginia.

From digital lending solutions for U.S. community banks to Sharia-compliant finance in Africa

A glance at the latest ways credit unions are helping humane societies, babies, kids and others in need.

First Savings Financial in Indiana and Dime Community in New York are keen on making more SBA loans as a way to diversify revenue and generate fees through loan sales.

Financial Institutions in western New York withdrew plans to raise $40 million.