Technology

Payment processors and fintechs are rapidly consolidating in a series of M&A deals, and Canadian payments company Nuvei is making its bet via a $889 million deal to acquire SafeCharge.

The biggest deal in more than a decade has sparked debate about the pressure for more bank consolidation and whether consumers will be hurt.

Avidia Bank joins the network even as other community banks call on the Fed to create its own real-time payment service to compete.

The Apple Card takes a more aggressively digital approach to credit card relationships than most other products on the market — but the technology behind it isn’t exclusive to Apple.

Most women who reach the executive level in the payments industry didn’t get there alone. Finding the right mentor, developing a voice and taking positive lessons from negative experiences often are keys to success.

While some of the biggest institutions are already rapidly developing new technologies, it’s important that community banks also tap the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Apps need to give customers confidence in ease of use, speed, aesthetics, credibility and user experience, as well as the ability to receive tailored communications through favored channels from their financial institution of choice, writes James Brown, CEO of Smart Communications.

The trend is moving far beyond the car, train, bus and car-sharing app. Transportation in 2019 has become a full portal to financial services—and a way to centralize urban movement at the same time.

In the era of big data, a more thorough, data-centric approach is needed for security than the traditional encryption of the past, argues comforte AG's Jonathan Deveaux.

A German fintech firm that counts PayPal Holdings Inc. among its investors wants to expand its internet platform for bank-savings products to the U.S.