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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.

As regulatory pushback against Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency has accelerated, keeping the project together has become a major challenge, with Visa, Mastercard, Visa, eBay and Stripe joining PayPal in leaving the project.

BofA’s do-no-harm approach to AI; looking at what comes next for Fannie and Freddie now that they get to keep their earnings; ruling cuts short debt collectors’ victory lap over CFPB proposal; and more from this week’s most-read stories.