BankThink

Fraud of all kinds has been spiking during the pandemic. Krista Tedder, head of payments, Javelin Strategy & Research, says there are many steps banks could be taking to detect and deter it.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks’ focus on allowing fintech firms into the federal banking sphere appears to have a more ambitious and risky goal: redefining the agency’s regulatory focus.

This information can be used to access bank accounts and combined with other information on the dark web to access social media profiles, email accounts and more, says Jumio's Robert Prigge.

Over the last six months, the movement has shown it is ready to step up during challenging times, including doubling down on service and rolling out new digital products.

Banking now outpaces many other industries in having women in senior management roles; should banks and their investors be worried if the Democrats take control of Washington?

Alternative payment methods such as bank transfers, e-wallets, cash-based payments and other payment types are currently the vast majority of e-commerce transactions globally, says PPRO's James Booth.

For all the damage from the pandemic and economic downturn, this crisis has not impacted liquidity. Lawmakers would be foolish to permanently alter the Central Liquidity Facility.

Blockchain's cross-border power eliminates the intermediary and solves the problem of rendering the traditional processing system redundant, and processes the payment on a chain with no middleman intervention, says ForumPay's Joshua Tate.

The plan would encourage more risk-taking by big banks, which would put the industry and taxpayers in harm’s way, write former CFPB Director Richard Cordray and Camden Fine, onetime head of the Independent Community Bankers of America.

Jane Fraser will become the first female CEO of a major Wall Street bank when she succeeds the retiring Michael Corbat in February; JPMorgan Chase plans to reopen its trading floors September 21.