Bailey Reutzel

For the music industry, which globalized quickly as its products moved online, payment processes haven't kept up.

Banks are unlikely to develop their own social media platforms, but they may have a chance to overtake this market by customizing the smartphone's keyboard app.

Linking payments accounts to public profiles is a convenience that makes digital payments as easy as typing a tweet, but after a high-profile trolling incident involving one of President Trump's closest colleagues, it seems there are still issues to work out.

You’d think financial institutions and retailers in the U.S., with a long list of EMV migration examples to look to in other countries, would have been prepared for fraudsters shifting their attention to e-commerce after security improved at the point of sale. But e-fraud is on the rise, so what's happening?

When there’s talk of Amsterdam, many people immediately conjure up the skunky smell of marijuana emanating from coffeeshops. And they wouldn’t be wrong.

Once a relationship built on deceit, U.S. marijuana businesses and banks have begun opening up to one another to smooth the compliance burden of processing payments for the legal cannabis industry.

Once a relationship built on deceit, U.S. marijuana businesses and banks have begun opening up to one another to smooth the compliance burden of processing payments for the legal cannabis industry.

As payment apps that mix social media components gain momentum, industry experts are wary that law enforcement will place even more surveillance and policing roles on payment processors.

While European banks worry about losing revenue because of the new Payment Services Directive (PSD2) requirement for opening up access to application program interfaces (APIs), they will benefit from the coming marketplace of premium APIs.

Payments are inevitably merging with social media, but the mix comes with a clear and very public risk if not handled correctly.

By now, the term "omnichannel" seems to have lost some of its buzz in the payments world. And that’s because banks are learning that the process of creating a seamless cross-channel experience can't be summed up so succinctly.

As bitcoin's spotlight fades and banks work to adapt its underlying blockchain technology for more traditional uses, it seemed that the world was ready to move on from the infamous cryptocurrency. And then Donald Trump was elected president of the U.S.

As bitcoin's spotlight fades and banks work to adapt its underlying blockchain technology for more traditional uses, it seemed that the world was ready to move on from the infamous cryptocurrency. And then Donald Trump was elected president of the U.S.

The growth of China’s fintech scene is providing a less developed financial market with much-needed updates. But those improvements also serve as a stepping stone to bring Chinese fintech players to Western markets.

The leading US bitcoin exchange, Coinbase, has begun using Jumio’s face match software for digital identity, adding another layer of legacy financial services on top of something that was created as an alternative to the traditional system.

The fintech boom attracted a lot of new investors and in turn, billions of dollars into the market. But some of that money went to projects that haven’t lived up to the hype and in 2016, we’re starting to see a pullback.

The payment-enabled fingernails project -- and the surrounding media attention -- demonstrates that wearable payments have become more than just experimental.

If the financial services industry wants to avoid spending years aimlessly testing blockchain prototypes, it needs to focus on coming up with standards and working together.

One of the supposed perks of EMV chip-card upgrades was that the process would enable more modern payment options such as mobile wallets. In practice, however, EMV is closing as many doors as it opens.

Atlanta is flush with payment processors that handle more than 70% of the nation's transactions. These players now plan to expand their reach even further, hoping to make the southern city a fintech hub to rival Silicon Valley and New York.