BankThink

While bankers feel more positive about the environment since the election, taking advantage of the new environment is what’s really important.

Big banks increasingly are developing application programming interfaces to make their customers’ data available to third parties. But discrete deals between banks and third parties would be a bad outcome for consumers and the industry as a whole.

Chinese's largest online payments company to get a footprint in the U.S.; Believers in blockchain bemoan the lack of global cooperation.

The third party wallets and mobile point of sale systems are advancing, making the next year the right time for merchants to work on strategies to improve user experience at checkout.

A new director of the consumer bureau must focus on how a still-relatively-young agency matures while maintaining a positive consumer protection agenda.

Wall Street women on what the Women's March meant to them; UBS implementing a more female-friendly approach to wealth management; Beth Mooney outlines post-merger ambitions; and more.

A new director of the consumer bureau must focus on how a still-relatively-young agency matures while maintaining a positive consumer protection agenda.

Having a bank loan officer authorized to also cross-sell securities is like holding a burning candle at both ends. Sooner or later the bank will get burned.

JPM snatches $1 trillion custodian business from long-time holder State Street; Harvard will lay off half of the employees managing its $35.7 billion endowment.

The method is still based on paper money, but the model includes steps that get consumers ready to adopt e-commerce. Given the region's smartphone penetration, that's an inevitability.