Investment

Flagstar Bank raids Regions for its director of retail banking; prosecutors allege bank CEO got access to Trump in exchange for approving Paul Manafort mortgage; a potential turning point in fintech regulation; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Mastercard has become the latest major card network to suffer a high profile crash. With its Thursday incident coming hard on the heels of Visa’s crash last month many experts wonder if blockchain technology could prevent future card network outages.

The Prime Day event is also a chance for Amazon to showcase a new range of devices and payment options — and to sell those devices at a discount to get them into more people's homes.

Readers weigh in on Mulvaney's plans to shake up the CFPB, respond to banks chasing hot tech trends, applaud fintech-bank partnerships and more.

It will be the third collaboration together for the new CEO and CTO at Pivotus Ventures.

About a month after Visa's European outage, Mastercard encountered a similar glitch for a brief period of time on Thursday.

To teach its automated advice platform how to help advisers communicate with clients, the company has sought to develop a bank of knowledge about psychology and other expertise beyond traditional wealth management.

As banks beef up defenses, hackers are targeting the weaker link: customers.

Even though much of PCI data is stored and maintained on mainframes, many are currently not being evaluated or scanned accurately for PCI DSS compliance, writes Ray Overby, co-founder and president of Key Resources.

The Bank of England, together with the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority, has cautioned U.K. banks to prepare for cyberattacks and technical failures.