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As requirements change, open standards can help governments feel confident that solutions are agnostic, flexible and safe from vendor lock-in, says the OSPT Alliance's Luiz Guimaraes.

Arleas Upton Kea shares her 30-year journey to become the first African-American woman to serve as deputy to the FDIC chairman and chief operating officer.

Facebook CEO says the company won’t purse Libra anywhere if U.S. regulators disapprove; the agency says “guidance” was actually “rules.”

With Congress deadlocked on a future for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the administration is prepping to move by itself.

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.

A federal judge says the agency can’t issue national bank charters to fintechs; Facebook’s CEO will state his case at a House hearing.

As e-commerce becomes international, American merchants should embrace alternative payment methods in other countries, says PPRO U.S.'s Steve Villegas.