Opinions

Congress should get behind the Fed's effort to launch a real-time payments service instead of getting in its way.

Regulators globally are using "tech sprints" to test new anti-money-laundering solutions. More can be done, but it's a good start.

Facebook’s cryptocurrency would not help underserved communities, despite the claims of its CEO, who is slated to appear before Congress this week.

It's time to establish a fintech commission.

Digital payments and new financial services add complexity to the rules, says Joel Sherwin of Weinberg Gonser LLP.

The real opportunity to achieve financial empowerment lies with the companies that are most intimately connected to people's lives, says Rapyd's Eric Rosenthal.

Credit unions have achieved success in areas like auto and consumer loans but there is still room for them to increase their home lending.

Our industry should work toward making cash easy to use in a digital environment with digital financial services at point of sale, gradually winning over cash users to our shared all-digital payment cause.

Congress should get behind the Fed's effort to launch a real-time payments service instead of getting in its way.

New tech can help banks with less cumbersome systems track suspicious activity more effectively.