Tanaya Macheel

Deloitte is looking to diversify beyond its "bread and butter" of professional service firms.

Circle Internet Financial is deemphasizing bitcoin services to focus on global mobile payments, it said Wednesday as it unveiled a new blockchain protocol called Spark and messaging features for its existing app.

Biometric authentication company Veridium has named a former fintech executive from HSBC as its new CEO.

One of the earliest bitcoin companies, Circle has attracted several rounds of investments and is beginning to diversify its strategic focus.

Merchants and businesses will be able to access shared technology tools to automate payments and other transactions connected to treasury management.

Finicity, a provider of real-time financial data aggregation and insights, has closed a $42 million round of funding.

Intuit's personal finance app Mint has launched a bill tracking and payment function to keep customers on top of their bill management.

Stellar, a Silicon Valley-based non-profit organization and blockchain platform that connects banks and payments systems, has gone global with partnerships in India, the Philippines, Africa and Europe.

Android Pay just added New Zealand to its growing list of supporting countries.

Mobile could become the one-stop shop that banking companies never quite achieved, blending basic banking, wealth management and other services, if efforts like those underway at Citigroup's fintech unit succeed.