Technology

The chip card migration took up a lot of merchants' energy over the past couple of years. As chip cards mature, merchants can and should turn to the variety of new payment options in the year ahead.

The Pasadena, Calif.-based prepaid card issuer expects to gain 750,000 active new cardholders in the deal.

The initiative pushes open and collaborative development of uses cases for the distributed ledger technology in financial services and payments.

Host Card Emulation, which enables mobile payments without reliance on a particular handset, is driving the project in Scotland.

Nyca is one of the most active venture capital firms in fintech globally and its second fund should give it plenty of dry powder to pursue further deals.

From frictionless payments to improved underwriting models, connected cars will rewrite the rules for how and where banks interact with their customers.

Connected cars are going to create new revenue streams, not just for automakers, but also for financial services providers.

The upcoming launch of Zelle gives Chase, B of A, Wells Fargo and other large banks an opportunity to correct their past mistakes.

How can AI help consumers spend and save wisely? If friction should be added back into the system, can we put it where it is useful, not frustrating?

The long-running feud between banks and fintech companies over screen scraping is morphing into a more nuanced and important conversation about how to exchange consumers' financial data securely and fairly.