Technology

Banks use anti-money-laundering and fraud systems to try to catch scams that prey on senior citizens. A few, including Wells Fargo, are working on artificial intelligence that could spot them even earlier.

Apple's recent smartphone revenue decline contrasts with strength in wearables and services, making these alternative venues increasingly important to Apple Pay's continued success.

Given the competitive nature of the current marketplace and the low probability that interchange rates will actually go up, issuers and processors need to continually evaluate their infrastructure, writes Steve Gilde, director of global product marketing for Paragon Application Systems.

Big data and artificial intelligence will allow banks to do more for small businesses, former SBA head Karen Mills argues.

Fraudsters have evolved their strategies to focus on other flavors of fraud, and its actually encouraging to see retailers are still treating payment fraud as a top-of-mind concern as that evolution happens, according to Håkan Nordfjell, senior vice president of digital banking at Gemalto.

E-commerce's opposite threats of cart abandonment and fraud create butting heads, but advanced authentication could give merchants a new way to manage both challenges.

The Atlanta fintech is looking to expand rapidly beyond its roots of arranging financing for home improvement projects.

Fixing the housing finance system is "the last piece of unaddressed business from the financial crisis," according to a summary of to-do items released by the Banking Committee's chairman.

Visa for years has used its sponsorship of the Super Bowl to promote contactless and mobile payments, but it hasn’t squeezed cash out of the event yet.

Apple has strived to portray Apple Pay as the trusted, go-to mobile payment option for its customer base, but the company's own security problems have undermined this effort.