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Online lenders' struggle with fraud is driving them to join new networks designed to find links between fraudulent loan applications and signs of borrowers trying to obtain multiple loans simultaneously.

A community bank in New Jersey has raised millions in funding from Silicon Valley's star fintech venture capitalists.

Open source development has joined blockchain technology in a bid to take a bite out of banks' long-standing control over the international payments market.

By establishing its e-commerce fraud prevention system as a "mobile first" platform, Forter worked to get a step ahead of a growing trend — that many new retailers accept only mobile payments through their apps.

Hitachi Ltd. is introducing a system to protect people from being conned into transferring money from their bank accounts at automated teller machines.

Companies that provide services for brick and mortar merchants face the challenge of adding lots of technology in a short amount of time. This is a tough task from an execution space but a big opportunity to gain returns for investors.

Samsung sees banking as a long game, and Samsung Pay is its first move. As mobile banking grows, the Korean electronics company believes financial services is ripe with opportunity.

The cyberattack on internet service provider Dyn that shut down websites all over the world showed the dangers posed by internet-connected things. That includes many machines commonly used in offices and branches.

If online merchants can keep their sites secure, they stand to make big gains from a consumer base that is overwhelmingly willing to play its part in protecting payment credentials.

WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a reminder to banks that their obligations to report suspicious transactions also extend to certain cybersecurity attacks.