Alliance Data Systems in Plano, Texas, has reached an agreement to provide credit card programs for Williams-Sonoma, the high-end kitchenware retailer.

New, stricter regulations on loans to active-duty service members take effect on Oct. 3. Here’s a guide for getting ready.

Green Dot Corp. has tapped one of its board members, Mary Dent, to take the helm of its banking unit.

Citigroup mistakenly sent emails to some active Costco Wholesale members telling them their wholesale club membership had lapsed and that their cards would be canceled, bringing a fresh headache to the new partnership.

The regional bank has consolidated all of its digital operations under a single leader. Find out what he thinks about customer expectations, bots, fintechs and the coming convergence of digital banking.

Some observers are concerned that borrowers in energy-dependent regions, in an effort to compensate for pay cuts, are becoming overleveraged. But lenders say they are being prudent.

ICBA Bancard has bought an agent bank portfolio from Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati that carries about $98 million in credit card receivables.

The impressive loan growth in the second quarter is surprising in an economy that grew by 1.2% in the second quarter and by only 0.8% in the first quarter.

Banco do Brasil, the largest bank by assets in South America, wants to make more of a name for itself in the United States. It expects a new online banking platform to help draw mainstream consumers, and says an expansion from South Florida into the Northeast is likely.

Despite the hurdles facing technology giants in offering payments services, they remain keenly interested in the sector and more traditional service providers should stay on alert.