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Consumers have long had options to pay for high-value purchases through monthly installments, but payments providers — from PayPal to Mastercard — have typically focused on other ways to lift purchase volume.

Russian authorities have handed over an American fugitive who the U.S. accuses of conspiring to organize the largest known cyber attack on Wall Street, according to people familiar with the matter, resolving months of negotiations at a moment of high tension over hacking between Moscow and Washington.

Payments are inevitably merging with social media, but the mix comes with a clear and very public risk if not handled correctly.

The recent history of mobile wallets includes a lot of crashes and failures, but the people behind those projects are still around and are wiser for their experiences.

The opening of the 2016 holiday season, which marks the first full year since the country's major EMV fraud liability shift, is proving what data security experts feared all along.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will start granting limited-purpose bank charters to fintech companies, but intends to maintain high standards for new entrants.

As bitcoin's spotlight fades and banks work to adapt its underlying blockchain technology for more traditional uses, it seemed that the world was ready to move on from the infamous cryptocurrency. And then Donald Trump was elected president of the U.S.

A request by the IRS for user data from a bitcoin exchange highlights simmering tensions between compliance and customer privacy for financial institutions and will test how those demands are balanced in the young field of cryptocurrency.

The growth of China’s fintech scene is providing a less developed financial market with much-needed updates. But those improvements also serve as a stepping stone to bring Chinese fintech players to Western markets.

Rebellious retailers are fighting to halt the reverse creep of Black Friday into Thanksgiving Day.