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Defenses against financial schemes, both physical and digital, could leave executives scrambling to keep up with the pace of bad actors over the coming months.

The $24.3 billion acquisition and $13.5 billion divestiture deal enables Global Payments to focus more on its core payments technology.

The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to have finally acknowledged that tokenized securities are still … securities. For broker-dealers seeking to offer tokenized securities custody, the path forward is now visible.

Coastal Financial in Washington State has acquired GreenFi, one of its fintech partners. The move is designed to buy time in order to figure out the best long-term strategy for the struggling neobank.

The U.K. payments processor announced its acquisition of an alternative merchant acquirer license from the state of Georgia as part of its U.S. expansion.

Analysts say credit card companies could face a major hit to earnings, while banks would also be under pressure.

The American Bankers Association and other groups contend the president's plan to cap credit card interest rates at 10% would drive consumers toward less regulated, more costly alternatives.

Research from American Banker finds that bankers are still extremely worried about fraud, but hope that raising budgets for artificial intelligence could help.

New research from American Banker details how the 50 largest U.S. banks by U.S. assets are using stablecoins, cryptocurrencies and other distributed ledger technology.

Universal Commerce Protocol is an open standard that establishes a common language for AI agents and systems to work together, and will allow consumers to purchase products from retailers directly through Google's AI Mode in the browser or the Gemini app.