Technology

Bank of Canada governor says digital currencies could cause “significant disturbance”; JPM testing quantum computing's abilities.

With the holidays fast approaching, the attention of watchdogs, regulators, merchant acquirers and processors needs to be on both the bottom line and the more sophisticated forms of online fraud like transaction laundering, writes Ron Teicher, CEO and founder of EverCompliant.

Interac's e-transfer system has jumped in usage, and has become a gateway for myriad other services including a collaboration with MoneyGram.

Readers chime in on the GOP’s inheriting vast regulatory powers, the continuing back and forth over who leads the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the root causes of cryptocurrency hacks, and more.

The Trump administration's first interagency assessment of systemic risk highlighted many of the same worries as previous reports, but added a new emphasis on economic growth and regulatory tailoring.

The dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the creation of a fintech charter gives the agency more time to refine its policy, but the court ruling may set up future legal challenges.

Lenders on the fringe of the financial industry are now pitching a solution to bitcoin investors in need of funds but wary of cashing in: loans using a digital hoard as collateral.

Discover cardholders and Discover Bank members who own an iPhone X can now use Face ID biometrics to sign onto the Discover mobile app.

Pay by Bank, an app developed in recent months by Mastercard’s Vocalink unit, is expanding as Germany’s Wirecard makes the service available to all of its U.K. merchants.

Some firms are investing in technology to help insurance clients shift to paperless payment processing.