Technology

Bitcoin sank as much as 19 percent, putting the digital currency on pace for its worst week since January 2015, as volatility climbs following a record-setting surge in the price.

In the race between China’s two leading mobile wallets—Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay—to expand their users and merchants around the world, WeChat Pay is drawing even in Europe.

Circle free offering leaves a lot of money on the table, but it also stems from a fundamentally different approach to cross-border payments.

The eight winners of an annual fintech competition will receive $250,000 in capital and resources.

The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication plans to add instant payments messaging for the European market by late 2018, marking another step in its ongoing faster payments projects.

At the recent Analytics and Financial Innovation Summit in Minneapolis, attendees weighed in on whether credit unions have have what it takes to effectively dig into big data -- and, if they don't have it, what will it take to get it?

The global push to expand financial inclusion takes many paths, based on the challenges—and unique market advantages—in countries where vast portions of the population lack access to modern banking services.

Most fintech startups fall into one of two camps: those that want to compete with banks and those that want to save banks from themselves. Ripple is the rare exception that wants to do both.

Centana Growth Partners has raised $250 million for investment in what it describes as financial services startups with innovations that can be turned into real products.

Corporate fleet card giant WEX is getting into the consumer market for the first time through a partnership with GasBuddy, an app that helps drivers find the nearest gas station with current fuel prices.