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Although some companies have started to integrate cross-channel marketing as a core element of their strategy, most still haven’t realized the opportunity at stake, writes Lisa Paccione, vice president of sales for Syniverse.

Consolidation can help community institutions better tackle the many regulatory and financial challenges facing them.

Retracting an Obama administration policy that shielded banks servicing marijuana companies threatens financial firms and makes the pot industry too reliant on cash.

Federal Home Loan banks have significantly increased their lending to large financial institutions in the post-crisis years, but it’s doubtful this activity will create undue systemic stress because it has displaced other, riskier forms of bank funding.

While there's lots of fintech innovation globally, some of the most exciting moves are coming from China, Japan and South Korea, writes John Mitchell, CEO of Episode Six.

As organizations look to AP to take on more strategic planning, budgeting, and cash management activities, they have to use automation to get rid of the manual, repetitive, non-value-added tasks they’re doing now, writes Brent Meyers, vice president of national sales for Nvoicepay.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council should ignore two recent Treasury Department recommendations regarding the labeling of systemically risky nonbanks.

Consumers are more than willing to share retail payment information, geolocations, as well as Uber, OpenTable, Facebook, and Twitter information. However, they have high expectations for what they receive in return, writes Lisa Woodley, vice president of FSI customer experience for NTT Data Services.

Bank of America employees force harassment charges against Omeed Malik out in the open, raising questions about how departures like his are handled. Plus, Jessica Chastain sets an example, and Larry Nassar's group of enablers needs to be made into one.

A crucial challenge for payment apps and cashless banking is how they adapt to provide services for the unbanked, writes Michael Kordvani, head of SEO for app development agency Fueled.