Technology

It's not a reaction to JPM Coin, the banks says, but a way to speed up international payments for corporate clients.

Travelex is rolling out a suite of B2B payment services through a new API-based platform and sandbox.

To accommodate Asian tourists, Banco Santander has launched JCB merchant acquiring operations in Spain after obtaining a license with JCB International, the international operations unit of the Japanese global payment brand.

Giants like Facebook, JPMorgan Chase and Walmart are all pushing blockchain for myriad use cases, and now Wells Fargo has joined the fray with its own spin on the distributed ledger technology.

The Ottawa-based company plans to offer tools including online store design, payment, shipping and marketing in more than 40 states to merchants of hemp-derived cannabidiol, which was legalized in December and is found in everything from skin creams to snacks.

Melissa Koide, co-founder and CEO of FinRegLab, analyzed loan data from six lenders that use cash-flow data in their underwriting. She shares what she found.

Credit unions are upping their involvement in all things related to payments in an attempt to bolster the bottom line and ensure they keep up with the competition.

The CFPB’s enforcement action against Maxi suggests that the CFPB may more aggressively enforce certain rules going forward, writes Jeffrey Alberts and Dustin Nofziger of Pryor Cashman.

Goldman Sachs, Elevar Equity and QED Investors are among institutions financing Mexican lenders that fund SMEs.

Regulators are letting banks choose from among four security frameworks, but some observers are urging a more prescriptive approach.