CUs can't always offer the same salaries as fintech startups and major corporations, but a host of strategies can help them recruit those candidates and keep them for the long haul.

The Independent Community Bankers of America provided seed funding for Teslar Software, which supplies community banks with a platform to manage data from different internal systems.

Bond Financial Technologies' platform is designed for community and regional banks seeking fintech expertise.

Raisin, originally a marketplace for bank-savings products, is buying 100% of Fairr’s share capital in exchange for Raisin shares as well as cash.

As branches in remote areas disappear, banks run the risk of losing business to fintechs.

With lawmakers unlikely to act in the near future to ease financial institutions' regulatory burden, new technologies could be the solution to credit unions’ AML woes.

The Madison, Wis.-based think tank will launch its Centers for Excellence starting next year.

Blooma has developed a software product that combs databases to create property profiles for commercial real estate lenders. It can drastically cut origination costs and approval times and help banks identify safer loans, the company says.

Most people don't actually like the experience of doing banking, but credit unions can take steps to make it more rewarding.

Real-time transactions, reward points and early access to paychecks are among the features N26 is attempting to sell consumers here.

While bank stocks flounder, their bonds are seen as a haven against a possible recession; the senator asks bank about overdraft fees on closed accounts.

Credit unions have largely moved past their distrust of fintechs, but plenty of institutions still face challenges when it comes to finding the right vendors.

Capacity, formerly Jane.ai, originally designed its chatbot to answer consumers' questions, but when employees started using it, that gave the startup an idea for a new business line.

The power couple wants to help turn Acorns Grow from a niche app into a megabank; with many floating-rate loans, regionals’ profits drop as yields slip.

A range of startups are experimenting with more ethical retirement savings products than traditional reverse mortgages and annuities, says venture capitalist Ben Cukier. However, according to Cukier, they're too focused on millennials and ignoring a group with more urgent needs and greater wealth — baby boomers.

Banks are under competitive and regulatory pressure to either compete or partner with fintechs that support services such as mobile payments, and credit unions are in the same boat — though with a very different challenge at the start.

Issuers like Chase and Citi that added installment features to compete with digital lenders will need to think beyond traditional card options.