Industry veterans have drawn from their experiences with wildfires, earthquakes and hurricanes to fashion their responses to the pandemic.

As the coronavirus outbreak starts to ebb in New York and pressure rises on the U.K. government to end London’s lockdown, the largest banks are grappling with how to adhere to social distancing rules.

Rodney Hood, chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, says the agency's Central Liquidity Facility can be a vital backstop if a crisis occurs, but it will be stronger if more credit unions chip in to make it a success.

The coronavirus pandemic is driving up demand for digital payments at B2B network Finexio, as suppliers opt for virtual cards for faster payments.

Think about all the people who started depositing their paper checks through a mobile app. Who tried that out and then thought, “Gee, I really preferred driving 15 minutes to the bank and waiting in a line”?

Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga says he is certain that science, medicine and innovation will lead the world out of the coronavirus pandemic, but there is little indication of when that will happen.

The Small Business Administration has processed more than 476,000 applications from struggling small-business owners, but lenders say access to the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program has been spotty.

At the start of 2020, the overriding security concern when it came to payments was fraud. After all, before the days of the global coronavirus pandemic, no one had really viewed hygiene as being a particular selling point.