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Samsung is trying to take wearables beyond watches and bands into something closer to traditional fashion, including a full suit, a purse, a bag and a line of shirts—all equipped digitally.

More than 20,000 subway rides in the Ukraine capital of Kiev (also known as Kyiv) have been paid for this summer with MasterCard contactless cards, the card brand said Friday (Sept. 4), adding that about 1,500 contactless purchases are made daily under the ground of Europe's eighth largest city.

Data trails and electronic imprints have transformed the way many businesses reach customers, seek opportunities, design products, defend against risk and plan investments. But how far have data and analytics gone in supplanting intuition, rules of thumb, instinct and experience in banks’ decision-making processes? In which activities are analytics the most prevalent, the most desirable, the most challenging to implement?

The marketplace lender CommonBond announced that it has raised $35 million, which it plans to use to expand its operations across the country.

Regulators are insisting that bank boards take responsibility for corporate culture. That's no cause for alarm, so long as directors are prepared to take ownership of the issue.

B of A Fights Effort to Strip Moynihan; Bank Stocks Tank

Prestige Financial Services, which focuses on car buyers who are in the bankruptcy process, is trying to keep pace in a fast-growing market.

Securing transactions by matching a user to his or her mobile device has existed for some time, but two major trends connected to payments will likely bring that technology to the forefront, according to InAuth CEO Lisa Stanton.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's enforcement action against Ripple Labs sent a clear message to the cryptocurrency industry about regulators' high expectations for compliance. Such actions will help clear the way for banks to partner with blockchain technology firms down the line.

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