Technology

A vendor-created messaging network has attracted hundreds of community banks, many of which have decided it is easier to stop financial crime as a group.

Wells Fargo has accepted two Singapore-based payments companies for its spring 2016 startup accelerator class.

Seamless's U.K. expansion strategy has gotten a big boost through a collaboration with the U.K.-based GoCardless digital payment network, enabling a bank-agnostic link to the SEQR mobile payment system.

Facebook is urging companies across the board to embrace mobile technology before another disruptor comes along and renders their organization irrelevant.

Fintech companies are asking a federal regulator to create a specialized charter that would allow them to comply with federal rules instead of facing a state-by-state licensing framework.

JPMorgan Chase has yet to launch its Chase Pay wallet app, but it's lining up some formidable allies. The wallet's underlying technology was years in the making, giving Chase an edge in winning merchant partners while tapping into a sizable consumer base.

Many financial criminals are switching to a more sophisticated kind of identity theft in which they open accounts based on stolen identities, or on composites of information stolen from different people.

Since the introduction of Bluetooth beacons as enablers of in-store location-based marketing, many have seen a clear connection between beacons and mobile payments. As the technology evolves, the connection is not quite as clear.

Many financial criminals are switching to a more sophisticated kind of identity theft in which they open accounts based on stolen identities, or on composites of information stolen from different people.

The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldn’t have come at a more interesting moment.