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Encryption keys are vital to the secure operation of payment acceptance devices. But key transport protocols have not kept pace with the movement toward standardized encryption practices. This adds cost and complexity to payment infrastructure and processes.

Despite billions in revenue annually, legal marijuana businesses have yet to find a solution to the industry’s lack of reliable payments, banking and other financial services.

Contrary to claims of anticompetitive practices, manufactured housing industry leaders want to increase the number of lenders offering financing.

Longtime advocate of the Community Development Financial Institution program Cliff Rosenthal is thrilled to see it blossoming; but he also shares concerns for the growing pains that could be on the horizon.

A group of credit union executives all experienced an epiphany about the CFPB recently, but the big question is, did the regulator get it too?

Regulators are quick to laud "core" deposits and so-called stickiness, but the reality is that brokered deposits — especially CDs — have become some of the most stable and cost-effective funding available.

Fed Looks at Credit Exposure; Tracking Fraud via Mobile?

Despite generating an estimated $4.5 billion in revenue last year, the legal marijuana industry has yet to solve one of its biggest issues—the lack of reliable payments, banking and other financial services.

Bank of America's mobile app can do almost everything that used to require a branch visit, says Michelle Moore; Lebenthal and four other women-owned firms land a big deal on Wall Street; Sallie Krawcheck joins the board of Blythe Masters' blockchain startup; Morgan Stanley's Carla Harris says both skills and spirituality contributed to her success. Also, the woman Obama is considering for the Supreme Court seat.

The earnings releases for the vast majority of publicly traded banks with less than $10 billion in assets raise more questions than answers for investors.