Technology

The three federal bank regulators usually try to issue rules jointly, but Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting on Tuesday pointed to areas where the agencies may move on separate paths.

After weeks of enduring a firestorm of negative feedback regarding its proposal to launch the Libra cryptocurrency network, Facebook is turning to a more conventional system by joining other "Pays" in launching Facebook Pay.

Visa has purchased a minority stake in Nigerian payment processor Interswitch, giving the card brand deeper access to nearly two dozen nations on the continent.

Multichannel payment technology provider Ingenico Group is partnering with Singapore fintech Pundi X to deliver a point-of-sale terminal that can accept crypto payments.

From its start four years ago as a PayPal service, the Xoom mobile money transfer network has positioned itself as an international P2P app that could rival traditional networks through its speed and ease of use.

Not long ago, a Walmart Inc. store manager asked the company’s e-commerce department if it could send over the details of any online orders that customers were planning to pick up at the store that day.

It should offer some form of guidance to spur innovation, a former official with the bureau says.

Nok Nok Labs and Apple are separately trying to improve authentication techniques as smartwatch payment options stack up.

New data analytics could help provide more comfort to banks in doing business with the cannabis industry, despite restrictive federal laws.

New technologies could ease the compliance burden for many institutions but some say they could also widen the divide between large and small credit unions.