Data security and infrastructure custodian Very Good Security (VGS) received a strategic investment from Visa, which has been spending heavily this week on fintech.

Visa's deal to acquire the data aggregator Plaid is likely to have ripple effects throughout the industry, including reduced tension between banks and fintechs over data sharing.

Plaid may be a more problematic acquisition than Visa made it out to be. But without Visa, those problems were likely to get a lot worse.

The acquisition will vastly expand Visa's platform, giving it nearly Amazon-like influence.

Before Visa agreed to acquire data company Plaid for $5.3 billion, Mastercard had been pulling ahead in the race among the card brands to break beyond reliance on basic processing fees.

Want to level the playing field with big banks and fintechs in the year ahead? Here's where to start.

Open banking and identity services are both still evolving to meet the needs of the new digital economy. These communities will need to connect at the hip to prevent fraud, avoid identity theft and to deter other financial crimes, like money laundering.

Regulators are beginning to recognize the importance of using alternative data to provide credit for the underbanked. Now is the time to expand its use across the industry.

Bank beats estimates as earning soar 21%; a cyberattack on the American banking system could create havoc on financial stability.

BBVA’s not sure if consumers or merchants will want to use an e-commerce marketplace to make bill payments in the same way they buy clothes — but if they do, BBVA wants to be the one to provide the necessary technology.