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The Facebook Inc. executive responsible for the embattled Libra cryptocurrency said he doesn’t fault companies that pulled out of the project, adding that he’s optimistic more organizations will sign on despite intense opposition from politicians who seem to fear financial innovation.

The Minneapolis bank says recent investments in its retail operation contributed to strong improvement in home lending and mortgage banking fees.

New tech can help banks with less cumbersome systems track suspicious activity more effectively.

Net interest income rose just 1%, but the bank rode a surge in advisory and other fees to beat profit estimates.

Third quarter profits at JPM, Wells Fargo and Citigroup got a boost from consumer banking; the company tells Fed it will remain a passive investor.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web. Today: Paytm draws new investment; Interac expands mobile payments; Klarna and Samsung collaborate; Shopify and Splitit team up; Aliant pays staff in crypto.

At a national level, loan growth has been on the decline for months and could still get worse. Here's how some credit unions are tackling the issue.

Making progress on automating the prior authorization process is looming as one of the top healthcare information technology policy challenges in the next year.

Detecting virtual bad actors means paying more careful attention to the digital interactions and touch points within your business, and how users interact with you through apps, websites or customer service centers, writes Accertify's Andrew Mortland.

Even the homeless are getting on board with contactless payments, through a new U.K. wide initiative between Swedish payments company iZettle and the Big Issue Foundation, which enables homeless people to become street vendors by selling its its Big Issue magazines.