Opinions

The allegation that Binance encouraged the use of location-obscuring technology so that it could illegally serve U.S. clients is a symptom of a broader problem for financial services companies.

Small-business owners need more help from financial services companies when it comes to making major decisions about their companies' future.

Pride month is the perfect time to take a hard look at the discrimination that LGBTQ people face in the financial services industry, particularly when it comes to obtaining credit.

Banks that haven't built a plan to implement the Federal Reserve's new real-time payments system still have time to make up lost ground.

If the U.S. and Canada don't develop a coherent framework for regulating the industry, North America risks broader losses to other growing industries, like fintech and artificial intelligence.

Regulators need to recognize the uniqueness and potential of cryptocurrency instead of seeking to fit crypto assets into an outdated regulatory framework.

Widespread adoption of a central bank digital currency would utterly transform the financial services sector by reducing access to loans and raising prices for consumers.

It would be a mistake for regulators in the U.S. and Canada to delay the rollout of rules supporting open banking. Fears of bank runs as a result of customer access to their own financial data are overblown.

Like it or not, Big tech is going to become a player in financial services. It would be better to write rules now than to wait for a crisis.

The success of central bank digital currencies will be directly tied to their usability — by both individuals and businesses.