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As in the wider business world, men tend to dominate the CU tech sector, but one executive is proving to be an exception to that rule.

With AmazonFresh Pickup, a brick-and-mortar extension of its grocery delivery services, Amazon is edging further into the crowded grocery market with a model that downplays the process of wandering the aisles of a physical store. But unlike some of Amazon's other retail efforts, this one is not as big a departure as it first seems.

A group of 10 Republican senators are calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to drop the government’s appeal of a ruling last year that rejected MetLife’s designation as a systemically risky firm and to de-designate the remaining two SIFI nonbanks.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is trying to do its part to address fintech regulation, but the OCC lacks the mandate to solve the broader fintech issues facing the entire financial ecosystem.

Former "Bond King" and the firm he co-founded patch up their differences for a reported $81 million; Supreme Court inaction means merchants can pursue more claims against Visa and Mastercard over swipe fees.

Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon Go has tech trouble; Square debuts in the U.K.; Travelex advances digital payments; KfW's $5.4 billion 'mistake.'

Passwords are often restrictive, undynanmic and draw attention from fraudsters. And there's also the risk of repeated cybercrime linked to old authentication.

The business-to-business payments market is one of the laggards in transaction automation, and a reason often given is the lack of customization options. Businesses are using consumer-style technology for business purposes, and the fit isn't right.

Creative growth strategies are helping banks with $10B to $50B of assets — including Webster and TCF — improve profitability. These ‘tweeners’ deal with tougher regulations than smaller competitors without the scale larger ones have to absorb the expense.

Financial institutions of all sizes are overhauling benefits policies and promoting work-life balance to better compete for millennial recruits with the hipper tech sector. The big changes include longer periods of paid time off for new parents.