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Companies are turning off prospective customers and employees with misguided approaches.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Alipay makes a move in Russia; Google Pay expands transit support; Unicef adds crypto; BofA's hiring blockchain experts.

South Africa’s payments industry wants to displace cash by enhancing its B2B-focused digital payment system to add instant low-value mobile P2P transactions.

Banks shouldn't let the legal and regulatory hurdles deter them, attorney Felix Shipkevich says.

One Wisconsin credit union's foray into a community of just 2,500 people has been a success, and it could be a template for other institutions to follow.

The facial recognition development trail is dotted with starts and stops in its search for consumer adoption, from Mastercard's "selfie pay" to Apple's 3-D facial scan tests and the Federal Trade Commission's approval of biometric authorization.

Banks need to ditch their "wait and see" approach to making real-time payments available to their customers says Vinay Prabhakar, Volante’s vice president of product marketing.

The California Democrat is less recognizable nationally than other progressives elected to the House in 2018. But she may be "the most feared freshman" on the Financial Services Committee.

Community banks and credit unions are eager to innovate, but technology upgrades must be done first, says Bruce Lowthers, FIS banking solutions president.

The Libra Association's remaining stakeholders — under very public pressure to abandon ship — will potentially find strength in numbers at its meeting in Switzerland.