Technology

Ethiopian Airlines and CellPoint Mobile have partnered in providing its travelers with alternative payment technology.

Blockchain provides greater data management tools and improved connections between insurance payments and medical care, says Jeremias Grenzebach, co-founder and core developer at Dentacoin Foundation.

Nets has been a dominant payments technology player in the Nordic region for years, helping to drive the region's high proportion of mobile and digital transactions. Armed with fresh venture capital funding, Nets wants to expand its influence broadly across Europe.

Phone-based customer service opens opportunity for voice phishing, or "vishing," and other types of attacks linked to card not present transactions, according to Rafael Lourenco, an executive vice president at ClearSale.

The Illinois commercial bank gained a new role when it realized it shared the same digital transformation challenges as its customers.

Digital Federal Credit Union developed a platform to accelerate fintech development that helps to bake in a valuable partnership between groups that might otherwise be competing with each other.

Alipay is deepening its reach to Chinese consumers in the U.S. through a partnership with 99 Ranch Market, a 50-store chain of supermarkets specializing in Asian products and food.

Fintech partnerships can be tricky, but for credit unions ready to make that leap, several experts have a variety of tips that can help position institutions for success.

Buying a startup or running an accelerator program isn’t enough to help banks truly prepare for the coming digital age.

In the era of digital and mobile payments, many banks and tech companies have strived to completely do away with cash, checks and cards. But quite a few have had to concede that the market isn't quite ready to give up the physical trappings of payments.