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In the short term, there’s no doubt that acquiring is faster than building something yourself. But to maintain quality and value for your merchants, you have to go through the process of deeply understanding the problem to build a solution that truly solves it, says Adyen's Ingo Uytdehaage.

Two bills — one providing relief from a loan accounting standard and another extending forbearance measures — would collectively contain credit losses.

Investment banking and trading income hit an eight-year high, buoyed by heavy pandemic-fueled borrowing; the division’s revenue has jumped as it poaches advisers from rivals.

While the pandemic will be over eventually, the consequences of poor cybersecurity practices will be here to stay, says Pindrop's Sarosh Shahbuddin.

With the increase in bank transfers and e-wallets, consumers' payment preferences are heading in this direction, particularly during economic crises, says PPRO's James Booth.

The agreement between Colorado authorities, marketplace lenders and banks offers a way to structure partnerships without triggering the wrath of state regulators.

Germany’s two biggest banks have dropped Ernst & Young because of ties to the defunct payments company; Wells was charged with failing to account for the costs of switching customers to new investments.

A three-stage plan combining data analysis, public disclosure and market-based regulatory intervention would better align financial services with what consumers really need.

The OCC’s efforts to bring the technology into the financial mainstream could help people in underserved communities execute payments more securely.

The bank said the museum at its San Francisco headquarters will remain open but the other 11 are history; the investigation will look into regulatory failures that may have ignored red flags.