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Nyca Partners is now an investor in enterprise blockchain, but in 2014 it had doubts about the technology.

Almost two-thirds of financial institutions have yet to form threat hunting teams — a growing necessity as the number of high-profile attacks rises.

How the big banks fared in the Fed's latest round of stress testing; what's on new FDIC chair Jelena McWilliams' plate; why banks' biggest risk factor may be employees who don't speak up; and more from this week's most-read stories.

Called Mezu, the P2P platform has been live for about a week and uses a location-based code to execute payments, avoiding the need to even share usernames or other identifying information to move money.

Denver-based P2Binvestor plans to use the new funds to expand its bank partnership program.

Malware operators are joining forces, installing each others’ tools on compromised computers to target a wider range of victims, and possibly also sharing the work of harvesting funds using stolen account details.

Banks are more established organizations that cannot afford to take the same shortcuts and risks as startups do in fintech development, executives said.

Jonathan Walker of the Center for the New Middle Class and Mark Schwanhausser of Javelin discuss ideas for helping women facing financial difficulties.

Jelena McWilliams said the agency will ask banks what's working and what's not; the acquisition of Hyperwallet Systems lets PayPal offer more services.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning can far exceed human capabilities. But AI is still only as good as the quality of data that's feeding the machine, according to Sunil Madhu, founder and chief strategy officer of Socure.