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Going back to the debut of the free Square card reader, the mobile payments market has made fees — or the lack of fees — a major selling point.

Of all the types of malicious software targeting businesses, ransomware continues to be one of the most pervasive, according to recent studies. Here's an overview of the things banks, especially small ones, are doing to stop it.

Visa Canada is collaborating with Finn AI to develop natural language chatbot technology to address common needs experienced by credit cardholders.

The new chair of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors argues that state regulators will keep protecting consumers if the CFPB curtails oversight.

Largest banks would be limited on how much risk they could have with each other; the credit bureau has hired the former head of the computer giant's Watson unit.

Readers respond to a bill designed to modernize the anti-money-laundering rules, applaud the acting head of the CFPB’s decision to fire the members of the bureau’s advisory councils, opine on when a bank ought to communicate it has been hacked and more.

Businesses are tasked with carrying too much of the burden of protecting customers' personal information, and typically turn to Social Security numbers. The advent of self-sovereign identity may give consumers a chance to reclaim control over their data and how it’s used, Finicity's Nick Thomas writes.

The conversation about financial policy in Washington has moved past designations of giant firms.

Even with the decline, the nation's largest bank still employs a higher percentage of black employees in the U.S. than its rivals.

The legislation unveiled this week left out a requirement — included in an earlier version — for new companies to report their true owners.

With plenty of cash on hand, many commercial firms have had little need to tap existing credit lines.

Opening internet cafes and investing in new technology are part of an effort to provide nimble, efficient services, the bank's CFO said in a strategy talk.

Marc Dann, a former Ohio attorney general, has a plan to publicly maintain the CFPB's consumer complaint database if acting Director Mick Mulvaney shuts it down.

The rule hews closely to a 2016 proposal but the central bank made a notable change to reflect a higher threshold for banks considered "systemically important."

TIAA has recruited Lori Fouché to serve as CEO of retail and institutional financial services.

It’s possible for a cryptocurrency to begin as a security and then transform into another type of asset, said William Hinman, who heads the regulator's division of corporation finance.

The OCC chief’s bizarre statements in House testimony produced shock waves that reached the Senate Banking Committee Thursday.

NAFCU was the only financial services trade association this year to be honored with the "Power of A" award from the American Society of Association Executives.

The Atlanta bank has financed construction and other activities tied to nursing homes and related facilities mainly in its East Coast markets. It says the timing is good to tap into demand elsewhere in the country.

The advancement of digital wallet technology in the past five years may be having a numbing effect on e-commerce merchants, who favor familiar brands over big-name wallet apps.