Technology

Scattered Spider, a cybercrime gang whose targets include banks, has seen five of its members arrested for SIM-swapping and phishing schemes that stole millions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined Synapse $1 for its role in a $60 million to $90 million shortfall in fintech users' accounts.

As part of its U.S. market strategy, the U.K.-based neobank is offering New York City commuters cashback on public transit fares when they open a new account.

As more states pass legislation, it's become a challenge for firms to stay on top of compliance. Executives spoke with American Banker about their strategies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau initiated a new rulemaking process for its open banking rule with a focus on who can serve as a representative for the consumer and whether banks can charge fees to third parties for consumer data.

The digital bank gives its business clients the option of feeding their bank account data into Anthropic's large language model, which will then provide answers to their questions.

Noelle Acheson writes that new blockchains from Circle and Stripe are about more than customization and control over the features. They're about redistributing power across the payments landscape

The Swedish financial institution will sell future buy now/pay later originations to Nelnet. Also, RBC and BMO may sell their payments joint venture; and other news in the global payments and fintech roundup.

The card brand is partnering with Adyen, Worldpay and other processors to expand Click to Pay, a simplified e-commerce authentication and processing tool.

Boards of directors have ultimate responsibility for the health and safety of their banks. The deployment of AI-enabled systems opens the door to a vast array of new risk factors that they need to recognize.