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While some community bankers and Washington advocates doubt the likelihood of achieving meaningful regulatory relief in the 115th Congress, the many measures advancing on Capitol Hill leave plenty of room for optimism.

It is important to have the right layers of security in place, ideally those that evaluate passive and behavioral biometrics, as they are proving to be the most reliable, writes Robert Capps, authentication strategist and vice president of NuData Security.

HSBC Chairman Mark Tucker has met with shareholders and discussed takeovers of U.S. credit card businesses in his first month in office, the Sunday Times reported.

After so many political surprises in the last year, could a CU tax-status shake-up be next?

By learning from others’ mistakes, CUs may be in a position to make real strides forward in digital wallets, despite lackluster adoption rates seen in this space thus far.

The Trump administration is “sounding a friendlier tone” toward bankers following the Obama chill; credit bureau takes steps to limit the financial damage.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Singles Day reaches another record; BurstIQ builds a cryptowallet; SIX restructures its payments business; Santander picks a vendor for U.K. check imaging.

Financial institutions process hundreds of thousands of interbank payments per day on behalf of their clients, which can be revolutionized by blockchain, writes Angel Diaz, vice president of technology and advocacy for IBM Digital Business Group.

Because wearable payments technology is still considered experimental, it is important to address security before the market for such products gets much bigger.

During the past year, many have hoped for action from Washington that would alleviate regulatory burden and stem the rapid pace of consolidation. But in the current political environment, that appears increasingly unlikely.