Investment

In a move that accelerates Western Union's plan for its money transfers to be part of advancing digital technology, the cross-border payment provider has entered an agreement with Amazon Web Services for long-term cloud services.

Consumer demand for digital financial services will inspire a wave of new partnerships.

The company is reportedly paying bonuses to get retailers to accept its cards; both sides offer different take of rare get-together.

PayPal Ventures is part of an investment group that has raised $4.2 million for cryptocurrency risk management platform TRM Labs.

Allegations of gender bias are the tip of the iceberg of a very big problem that faces artificial intelligence and goes far beyond the financial services sector, says Temenos' Hani Hagras.

Fraud attacks and their avenue of entry are generally regarded as mysteries to most of the companies that suffer from them.

The blockchain has the potential to disrupt any industry sector, leaving in its wake a more effective system where people get to own the value they create, says PayStand's Jeremy Almond.

Coinbase Card has expanded its cryptocurrency exchange payment cards into 10 new countries and added five new crypto assets that users can spend.

Consumer demand for digital financial services will inspire a wave of new partnerships.

The State Bank Group and The Provident Bank are backing Neocova, which focuses on community banks.