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Wonder Woman captures the essence of how women break down barriers, including in financial services. But no superpowers are needed to succeed.

Why are credit unions lending their name to this fight when the vast majority of them do not use forced arbitration and have not been caught up in Wall Street’s excesses?

Treasury contests agency’s claims that ban on mandatory arbitration benefits consumers; former head of FX trading used client information to profit the bank.

Amy Nauiokas, co-founder of venture capital and advisory firm Anthemis Group, shares her take on the dearth of women in top fintech positions and how the industry could fix that.

The lowest rates could be a sign the provider is not investing in itself, not being entirely transparent, or not providing a wide enough range of services for their clients, writes Drew Sementa, CEO of Tidal Commerce.

This week’s show is the first episode of a spinoff, Breaking Banks Asia, hosted by Simon Spencer.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made it clear that consumers own their financial data and can share it with apps of their choice. Now it’s up to the industry to resolve thorny issues on liability and accountability.

KRACK, combined with other attacks, allows for the reading of pain text username, passwords, credit card numbers as well as the injection of code including ransomware, writes Timothy Crosby, senior security consultant for Spohn.

Bank fires four forex traders, while the OCC slams its auto lending practices; United wants to renegotiate its co-branded credit card agreement with JPM.

Much of the excitement revolves around the development of scaling solutions that may enable Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchains to reach a truly global user base, writes Nick Spanos,founder of the Bitcoin Center.