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NEW YORK—Consumer fintech OnePay has launched a new credit-building product designed to give consumers a simpler entry point into establishing credit, with the company unveiling a Builder Card tied directly to its app and linked to a customer’s Cash account, according to PYMNTS.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—The $4.8-billion Blaze Credit Union here has agreed to acquire the Claremont branch of Luminate Bank in a deal that will expand its footprint in southeast Minnesota and add roughly $25 million in deposits and about 550 customers.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—One of the legal architects behind most of the nation’s credit union-bank acquisitions is sharply criticizing the Ohio Bankers League’s attempt to block Interra Credit Union’s proposed purchase of The Hicksville Bank, arguing the opposition is rooted more in politics than law or logic.

 

FORT WAYNE, Ind.—Summit Choice Credit Union said it has partnered with InvestiFi to allow members to invest directly from their checking accounts through the credit union’s existing digital banking platform, as more credit unions look to keep investment relationships inside their own digital ecosystems instead of losing them to outside fintech platforms.