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The feature allows users to request cryptographic signatures by more than one user – a device or institution – to validate a transaction. The idea is that bad or malicious actors would have to breach multiple machines to transact on one user's behalf, Ripple said in a blog post.

As banks develop their customer digital banking channels it's increasingly clear mobile devices are the glue that will bring different experiences together. But there's one problem: mobile banking hasn't even really taken off yet.

While often looked upon by preceding generations as commitment-phobic and "irresponsible job hoppers" laden with severe debt, millennials who receive fair wages tend to be loyal to their employers and committed to building savings and credit, according to the latest Credit Karma Millennial Report.

ACI Worldwide has named technology veteran Marco Bravo vice president for its Latin America division.

Bottomline Technologies and Global Processing Services have partnered to bring consumers 'banking lite' card services.

China is a huge but challenging market for external payments companies, and Canadian contactless payment provider Mobeewave is seeking help in the ground by partnering with the Alliance Development Group.

JPMorgan Chase is opening its doors to fintech startups to work with its business lines directly on bank innovations for faster, safer and more cost-efficient operations.

The bitcoin blockchain poses a negligible competitive threat to legacy institutions, but the technology could open up new markets for financial services, says a new report by Citigroup equities analysts.

Heather Cox says Citi cherry-picks the best of fintech apps for its own services; FemTech leaders ponder what Brexit means for fintech; and SEC chair Mary Jo White takes on board diversity. Plus, Synovus' Liz Dukes Wolverton and Synchrony's Carol Juel.

IBM has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the Washington, D.C.-based organization working to help shape the regulatory framework for the blockchain industry.