Investment

PayPal Holdings Inc. is teaming up with Indonesian venture-capital firm Alpha JWC Ventures to back emerging financial technologies that can be developed for Southeast Asia.

Circle Internet Financial says it is now worth $3 billion following latest funding round; proposed changes would give banks more leeway to make some trades.

Bank executives say artificial intelligence will create jobs, while analysts say the opposite. Employees are anxious but willing to try to work with it. All agree AI is already making an impact.

Equity warrants. Capital calls. Off-balance-sheet accounts. SVB's unusual business model thrives on financing rainmakers and cutting-edge firms, but old-school issues like overconcentration, unpredictable fee income and stock market swings lurk in the background.

Regalii has changed its name to arcus and switched from cross-border bill payment to helping banks use tokenization to reissue lost, stolen or breached cards.

Even with the world’s best known virtual currency down more than 50 percent from its record high, thousands of advocates are expected to descend upon New York in what’s been dubbed Blockchain Week.

Fair Square Financial has received a $100 million equity investment from the Orogen Group to fund a credit card designed for underserved U.S. consumer segments.

Marcus unit will start taking deposits in the U.K. next month; the bank uses the technology to complete a trade finance letter of credit for Cargill.

It's a race to the finish line that also affects U.S. companies with European customers. In these final moments, every company must at least show good faith in attempting to follow the law and having procedures and technology in place to do so.

Robotics and automatically triggered transactions will pressure how data is collected and made trustworthy enough to be actionable, according to Raphael Davison, worldwide director of blockchain for Hewlett Packard Enterprises.