Technology

In banking, as in any other industry, a company's brand is a precious commodity. But as the digital economy matures, card issuers are finding a greater need to hand the reins over to their partners.

Brent Beardall, who recently took the helm at Washington Federal, discusses having excess capital, myriad potential fintech partners and why he would tweak — not repeal — Dodd-Frank.

An upcoming release of Android Pay may have a biometric facial recognition component named “Visual ID," according to a recent teardown of the app. This functionality could open up numerous possibilities for merchants.

Fintech has upended parts of the banking industry and made old ways of doing business obsolete. But that's also what makes it an exciting time to be a banker, says Citizens Bank CEO Bruce Van Saun.

The roughly $2 million investment comes as banks keep joining (and in some cases, leaving) various distributed ledger projects as they try to pick the winners in a young field.

Payments stayed the same for years, then started evolving rapidly. That has issuers considering different ways to help consumers manage the change.

One of the potential benefits is peer-to-peer connectivity, which could spark P-to-P and other types of digital transfers.

Kreditech will deliver its artificial intelligence and machine-learning credit underwriting and loan management technology to PayU’s network of 300,000 merchants

Transactions register to driver's license plate to allow real-time updates to be sent to parking enforcement officers.

Waste haulers of all sizes are increasingly shifting to accepting credit card payments and are in need of technology support to do so.