Technology

A government shutdown and a single senator's hold prevented the renewal this week of a bipartisan law that helped banks and other firms defend against hackers.

Portugal's Feedzai will build the fraud detection system for Europe's planned digital currency, a deal worth up to $278 million.

Jennifer Taylor at Citibank and Jodi Richard at U.S. Bank are driving a rethinking of how to tackle the risks banks face using technology.

As consumers use digital subscriptions for everything from streaming movies to cooking meals, financial apps are taking different approaches to helping their customers navigate recurring payments. Should banks get in on the action?

The payments company is opening its real-time payments network, Visa Direct, to stablecoins through a prefunding pilot that will allow businesses to move money across borders when banks are closed.

Two large companies' announcements that they're laying off thousands of people they've deemed not AI-savvy have drawn mostly negative reactions. 

A flurry of product launches are designed to keep the payment company's merchants in-house by making it easier to deploy artificial intelligence-driven payments and stablecoins.

The fintech Versatile Credit lets merchants provide point-of-sale credit to consumers in all FICO ranges.

The industry has developed materials for banks looking to promote anti-scam awareness and more resources for banks.

Real-time cross-border payments are in demand, but lack interoperability — creating demand for Swift and Ripple to add new tech. Plus, PayPal pledges to add payment technology in the Middle East and Africa, and more international payments and fintech news.