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Coins uses blockchain and mobile technology to encourage financial inclusion in Asian economies.

The card network will test a new business-to-business payment service powered by the tech beyind bitcoin.

Mary Mack is beginning damage control as she overhauls Wells' sales culture; Dorothy Savarese talks diversity of bank sizes as she becomes chairman of the ABA; and Elizabeth Warren implores the president to demote Mary Jo White. Also, industry manbassadors talk work-life balance and the importance of flexibility for women as Visa's CEO resigns to devote more time to family. And a couple of small activist firms are taking on gender bias at the world's largest companies.

Biometric security company Hypr Corp. has closed a $3 million funding round to accelerate the development and adoption of its encryption product.

Businesses may need to rethink their approaches to identity verification for millennial consumers.

U.S. Bank is using geolocation to make sure customers' card transactions are approved when they are traveling. It is just one example of how more companies are asking customers to let them track their phones.

SVB Financial and Mastercard have accepted six startups for the fifth installment of their accelerator, Commerce.Innovated.

As consumers get more comfortable opting into location-based mobile services, U.S. Bank has begun asking them to let it see where they're going so the bank can fine-tune its fraud management.

Geena Davis made a rousing speech on unconscious bias at the annual gala for our "Most Powerful" honorees. Sheila Bair writes about the importance of hiring and promoting women, while Ghela Boskovich warns that doesn't necessarily give women a voice in their organizations. Also, Avid Motjtabai, Jamie Dimon, Julie Stackhouse and a real-life Peggy Olsen.

SVB Financial and Mastercard have accepted six startups for the fifth installment of their accelerator, Commerce.Innovated.

The blockchain technology startup Digital Asset Holdings believes institutional investors have hesitated to enter the digital assets market because existing platforms lack protection and haven't properly considered regulation, according to the company's patent application for its settlement platform that was recently made public.

There’s a new hacker group on the rise using banks’ Swift credentials to facilitate their cyberheists.

Despite their accomplishments, American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance say they are still held to a different standard than men when it comes to handling pressure situations.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has added Apple Pay and Masterpass to its mobile app offerings.

Our FinTech Forward Companies to Watch are helping banks step up their game by offering virtual assistance, better money management tools and other solutions.

The mobile wallet will initially be available to clients of Sberbank and Mastercard, according to an Oct. 4 news release from Sberbank, which did not indicate if or when it might extend that access to other credit card operators and financial institutions.

Mastercard is introducing Identity Check Mobile, the app that allows customers to verify their identity using a fingerprint scanner or by snapping a selfie, to 12 European markets.

Royal Bank of Scotland will soon launch a customer pilot of Luvo, a chat bot taught to answer customers' questions in near-real time and route more complex requests to advisers using IBM Watson Conversation.

The rankings of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance include some familiar faces but also plenty of newcomers. We also look at the courage women demonstrate balancing work with their personal lives and a call to action from SEC chair Mary Jo White.

Samsung Pay has partnered with Quotient Technology to bring users an in-app coupon service and a function that lets them restore information when they sign in from a new device.