Technology

Despite some criticisms of the strategy, community banks should continue to pair up with fintech companies that can help them expand their digital offerings.

A lack of standardization increases costs and complexity at each bank, opens the door to insecure solutions and hinders adoption by software developers that only have bandwidth to write to one or two open APIs, according to Steve Kirsch, CEO and founder of Token.

There are serious consequences for firms that do not embrace the latest tech tools, says Kelli Keough, the global head of digital wealth management for JPMorgan Chase.

Brett King queries science fiction writers Kevin J. Anderson and Harry “Doc” Kloor about the practical future for emerging technologies like avatars and voice recognition.

The consortium's Corda Enterprise is designed to let blockchain applications exist behind a company’s firewall but still interact with outside partners.

Companies of all sizes have attempted to serve kids and teens with prepaid cards or digital wallets with parental controls, but there are very few success stories. GoSave's twist is that it doesn't make a card or an app the focus of its experience.

A cash management offering by Mastercard and Strands is the latest example of new answers to commercial clients' demands for better digital services.

The film industry may be setting new box office records this year, but it still struggles with how to adapt its distribution methods for a digital audience. That's where blockchain — the distributed ledger technology originally developed for bitcoin — plays a starring role.

Paul Galant will leave the CEO post at Verifone in the next few months, following a tenure in which he helped diversify and automate Verifone's merchant acquiring business and led a recovery from a series of strategic and economic missteps.

These teens and early 20-somethings are hardworking, frugal, prudent, debt averse and fiercely opposed to fees — much like their great-grandparents who grew up during the Depression.