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Most of the country has never heard of Madden v. Midland Funding, but the impact of the misguided court decision on consumers is far-reaching.

Providers leave out a majority of lower-volume companies that would happily accept an electronic payment or card, writes Sue Ellen Hodnot, vice president of sales for the west region at Nvoicepay.

With more vendors issuing EMV cards, cybercriminals are turning to cart-not-present fraud as a way to defraud consumers. A mix of weapons is necessary to counter it, writes Robert Capps, authentication strategist and vice president at NuData Security.

Without the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's expanding consumers' legal options, they will continue to be vulnerable to the abusive practices that have proliferated throughout the financial industry in recent years.

Everyone knows money talks -- but there's a growing consensus that the best employers also offer a robust benefits package to go along with competitive compensation.

Alipay and WeChat Pay will force traditional payment networks to up their game, particularly in in-play emerging markets. Whether they can become relevant at scale for consumers outside China remains to be seen, writes Eric Grover, a principal at Intrepid Ventures.

The increased availability of the technology serves to further encourage consumer adoption rates, writes John Mitchell, CEO of Episode Six.

Banks should not be fatalistic about the threats posed by tech companies in financial services. Incumbents still hold the upper hand.

With the high-performance and capabilities AI provides, this technology will serve as one of the most valued assets in the future, writes Arushi Srivastava, senior director of public sector for NTT Data Services.

In the string of scandals over how women are treated in the tech sector, SoFi is particularly egregious. Reese Witherspoon tackles the trouble with ambition for women. Plus, Edith Cooper and Lori Beer.