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Rates have risen, car prices are up and sales are expected to drop by nearly a half-million units this year, but institutions can take steps to ensure minimal impact.

With many consumers now using online and mobile banking, there is a huge opportunity to incorporate blockchain solutions into the everyday payments experience, writes Andre Stoorvogel, director of product marketing for Rambus Payments.

The Massachusetts senator introduced legislation Wednesday that would require executives of large corporations to serve jail time when their companies commit crimes, including for violations of civil law.

Community banks are open to working with innovative financial startups, but regulators must ensure they face the same oversight standards as traditional banks.

Even before Tim Sloan stepped down as chief executive of the scandal-stung Wells Fargo, the bank had already gotten back into the good graces of the biggest U.S. state.

The current debate around changes to the Community Reinvestment Act should include discussions about how the law can be used to better support low-income communities in remote areas.

Firm “hopes to crowdsource new uses for” its pricing and analysis system; the system could be put on a device and used anywhere to cut down on fraud.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon cuts prices at Whole Foods; eBay alters its advertising strategy; Georgia Tech suffers a breach; Amazon extends contract with Delta Airlines.

FIS’s $43 billion agreement to acquire Worldpay and Fiserv’s $22 billion deal to buy First Data are largely closing the gaps between financial technology and merchant acquiring. But these mergers are only the first of many steps.

Existing bank systems are holding issuers back from responding fast enough to changing market conditions, contends Mikko Rieger, senior vice president of consumer management services for Nets.