Professional Holding has opened an office close to Boston to make loans to aspiring CEOs — often recent business school graduates — who are looking to buy their first businesses.

Mastercard has rolled out a set of AI-powered tools to thwart fraud and data breaches across banks' ecosystems, particularly to benefit acquirers’ online merchants.

Alliance Data plans to make Bread’s buy now, pay later options available to credit card-issuing merchant clients.

Visa has seen tepid returns of payments volume as economies reopen, but the renewed virus cases and government responses have created an extra layer of uncertainty — particularly for cross-border transactions and travel.

Amid the global explosion of e-commerce and demand for digital money transfers, Visa is acquiring YellowPepper to help drive tokenization and real-time payments in Latin America.

A 2019 decision by Amy Coney Barrett, then a 7th Circuit judge, cited an earlier Supreme Court ruling suggesting a high bar for plaintiffs to claim harm. But other jurists have favored a less onerous standard.

Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid has raised competition concerns at the U.S. Justice Department, which is nearing a decision about whether to sue to block the deal, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The acquisition will consolidate United's position in the St. Joseph market, where both institutions are based.

The sales are part of ConnectOne's strategy to replace traditional retail branches with banking hubs backed by technology.

Wells Fargo is exploring a sale of its corporate-trust unit that could fetch more than $1 billion and is considering whether to find a buyer for its student loan portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Iowa company said it will pursue a two-step acquisition to address unspecified issues raised by the Federal Reserve as part of its review of the acquisition.

The deal will expand the credit union's reach into western Michigan at a time when a growing number of banks are trimming their networks.

Members of First Choice Community Credit Union will have access to mobile banking and other products once the institution becomes part of Credit Union of Ohio.

Equity Bank agreed to buy most of the assets, and assume all the deposits, of Almena State Bank.

The Memphis company is looking to take out more costs than initially planned due to the economic uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

With the COVID-19 pandemic creating unprecedented challenges for small businesses, American Express has increasingly targeted its investments in that niche.

From finding new efficiencies to redefining the customer experience; fintechs are permanently changing financial services. But what does the actual acquisition process look like?

State College FCU is seeking member approval to fold into Horizon CU, citing ongoing challenges finding members to serve on its board of directors and supervisory committee.

The combined institution will serve almost 75,000 members with nearly $660 million in assets.

The veteran executive will receive a $13 million lump-sum payment if she stays with the North Carolina company for two years after the deal closes.