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From Malta to Belgium, the past three years have served as something of a shopping market between payments-based fintechs seeking alternative jurisdictions through which they could still be licensed within the EU, and investment agencies hoping for a piece of their business.

Fraudsters can attack multiple individuals with the same scam, knowing that the details won’t be shared. Sharing the details of a scam takes that advantage away, says The ai Corporation's James Crawshaw.

More than two years after efforts began to modernize enforcement of the Community Reinvestment Act, regulators appear far apart on how to proceed.

Though many merchants remain wary of alienating their customers with fees, others now see an opportunity to recoup the growing costs associated with accepting plastic.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to ask the legislature to revamp the current Department of Business Oversight and rename it the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, modeled after the federal CFPB.

Todd Zywicki, a law professor who has sharply criticized the CFPB as an unaccountable bureaucracy, has been named chair of an agency task force identifying potential conflicts and inconsistencies in consumer finance law.

Even in the face of soft loan demand, banks in the region have held firm on terms. That should position them well for the next economic downturn.

Horizon Credit Union will absorb Icon CU in a deal intended to bolster competition in the Spokane market and increase Horizon's reach into Idaho.

An examination of potential sources of upheaval for the financial industry and ideas on how to adapt.

China’s slow courting of U.S. payment companies made a tiny step forward this week, shortly after a similar gesture from the U.S. government that teases progress in the broader trade dispute.