BankThink

The RushCard debacle should lead to consumer improvements, but it should not undercut the progress prepaid has made in helping consumers manage their finances.

All participants in financial services will have to start behaving, thinking, organizing themselves as technology companies and focus on three things: technology, data and customer (or, better yet, user) experience.

Deutsche Cuts Jobs; Icahn Wants AIG Breakup

Have consumers benefited from the Durbin amendment? Unfortunately for opponents of the Dodd-Frank Act provision that capped debit swipe fees, no one is qualified yet to answer that question.

One look at the industry's C-suite makes it obvious that banks need to mirror demographic shifts far better and faster.

There’s no doubt that blockchain technology will facilitate disruptive innovations in finance, but a world of private ledgers sounds eerily similar to a range of “private Internets.”

Barclays Chooses CEO; Ex-Im Bank Gets House Approval

U.S. merchants, card issuers, and payment processors are beginning to switch over to EMV. However, there are frequent reports that large numbers of U.S. merchants are not ready.

The Democratic candidate insists “too-big-to-fail” banks are bigger than they were during the crisis, but their true sizes are masked by off-balance sheet reporting.

Banks should be prepared for the potential that an investor with a growing stake does not have the institution’s interests at heart.