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With the use of global standards, merchants can also strengthen and consolidate their relationships with vendors and minimize expenditure on hardware and software solutions and maintenance, writes Normand Provost, liaison chair of Nexo.

Even as Jamie Dimon touts the female leadership at his company, it lags in one key area. But JPMorgan women are making strides in particular with blockchain initiatives, and Amber Baldet finally shares what she is working on. Plus, heels or flats?

With Congress set to approve a regulatory relief bill and vote on an FDIC chairman, banks will soon see the deregulation they’ve long been anticipating.

Credit unions may be able to reach more underserved consumers through partnerships with an unlikely ally.

Businesses are already entering partnerships with some of the biggest players in the Chinese payments market, such as AliPay, and WeChat Pay, with the goal of offering tourists the ease of payments that they are accustomed to, writes Igal Rotem, CEO of Credorax.

A provision to remove new mortgage recordkeeping requirements would help overburdened community banks lend without disrupting data collection that is used to police discrimination.

Employees reportedly unit doctored documents; payments company buys Swedish fintech firm just before it goes public.

For Whole Foods, the potential to tap into the sheer volume of new customers via the Amazon Prime premium loyalty program is unprecedented, writes Tom Caporaso, CEO of Clarus Commerce.

Banks need to curate and bring many financial services to their customers, says Chris Skinner, author of the new book "Digital Human."

For cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in particular, many of whom are just developing the anti-money laundering programs they are required to have under other FinCEN rules, the CDD rule is worth taking note of, writes Laurel Loomis Rimon, senior counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.