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Shopify's already getting a lot of e-commerce business from the U.K., a record of success the Canadian company hopes to extend by offering its point-of-sale and card reader to local merchants, a move that will put it in competition with a variety of companies chasing a market that's poised for growth.

Companies like Prosper have revolutionized the front end of the consumer lending experience, but they have not proven able to handle even minor financial bumps without running off the road.

There’s no way to gift-wrap the EMV woes for issuers and retailers around the upcoming holiday sales season.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton renewed her pledge Tuesday to cut regulations for community banks and credit unions while also signaling plans to embrace the burgeoning fintech sector.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton renewed her pledge Tuesday to cut regulations for community banks and credit unions while also signaling plans to embrace the burgeoning fintech sector.

De novo charters hit a slowdown with 57% of newly chartered credit unions since 1990 currently described as inactive.

Sure, there is an inherent business tension between banks' digital offerings and personal financial management software. However, the ground rules for making account data available to consumers for use in external software products and apps are in place and the so-called rivalry is overblown.

High-profile hacks such as the attack on the Swift messaging system highlight how banks depend on each other to have top-notch cybersecurity. "Everyone's security is at risk, because everyone is communicating with each other," says Andre McGregor, director of security at Tanium.

Financial institutions across the country are in the final stages of readying for the same-day processing of electronic payments, which are scheduled to begin on Sept. 23.

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