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Financial technology companies are reinventing every aspect of business finance, starting with payments. Banks have long promised to automate supplier payments for their customers, but have fallen far short, writes Brent Meyers, vice president of national sales for Nvoicepay.

We entrust tech firms with vast amounts of information about our daily lives, with an expectation that they will safeguard it. But have we become too casual in the trust we place with them in exchange for more personalized experience and convenience?

Lawmakers should preserve the credit meant to spur economic development as part of sweeping tax reform being debated in Congress this week.

Financial services organizations increasingly need an unwavering commitment to customer experience in order to compete, or the competitor down the street will do it first, writes Chris Millner, a principal of financial technology and a payments consultant at North Highland.

The fundamental conclusion of the Federal Housing Administration’s fiscal year 2017 actuarial review is that the financial problems of the FHA Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program keep getting worse.

While much has been said about the "total supply" of bitcoin as a fixed amount, the reality is that "hard forks" in the Bitcoin blockchain have eliminated this limit, writes Mariam Nishanian, a spokesperson for Dentacoin.

In a relationship-based business, it’s not enough to sell your customers a sharp tool to pay for things. You also have to help them avoid cutting themselves with it.

For merchants, a processor that’s a tad better, a bit more comprehensive, can make an enormous difference, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

The risks of fraud, along with the current reputation of such currencies as often being used for money laundering and other criminal activities, has caused worry in the market, writes John Verver, and advisor to ACL.

The financial services industry must change how it attracts, hires and develops data science talent.