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With their millions of customers, large retailers like Forever 21 have typically been the hardest hit, writes Mark Cline, a vice president at Netsurion.

Several women are viewed as possible successors for a retiring William Dudley. Pam Codispoti has plans to up the millennial appeal of Chase’s 5,200 branches. What’s hot in fintech for 2018? Plus, the year of #MeToo in review.

The Trump administration should not name J. Mark McWatters as head of the consumer agency, given his lack of experience overseeing commercial banks and his leadership of the National Credit Union Administration, a cheerleader for the industry it supervises.

Payment fraudsters are agile and adaptive, and they change the items they target depending on what will be easiest to steal and resell, writes Michael Reitblat, CEO and founder of Forter.

The Trump administration should not name J. Mark McWatters as head of the consumer agency, given his lack of experience overseeing commercial banks and his leadership of the National Credit Union Administration, a cheerleader for the industry it supervises.

When taken in the context of the complete invoice and payment cycle, manual payments not only have higher processing costs to the provider and supplier, but also result in delays between processing and making payments, writes Darci Guerrein, vice president of payment operations for GHX.

Banks are working hard to reshape their businesses to meet new demands, but leaders must be careful not to alienate their best workers in the process.

After 10 years of development, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain that has been widely adopted.

The banking industry braced for big changes with the election of President Trump, but the financial reform law has proven its staying power over the past year.

Merchants need to ensure they are poised and ready for a growing market of digital consumers, write Michael Mertz and Rich Wheeler from CardConnect.