Technology

Even though legalized cannabis and cryptocurrency payments are still vexing markets by themselves, WebJoint and Alt Thirty Six are quickly looking to take their combined dispensary play to other businesses.

Fintechs attending Consensus 2018, the annual cryptocurrency event, said they found promise for a market still trying to find a path to unified operations and wider acceptance within financial services.

Banks need to curate and bring many financial services to their customers, says Chris Skinner, author of the new book "Digital Human."

PayPal has agreed to acquire iZettle—often called the Square of Europe—in a move that could blunt Square’s prospects in key markets.

Envestnet's aggregator rolls out PFM features meant to appeal to younger clients — and links to Alexa.

Both executives have changed the cryptocurrency narrative with supportive statements, but attracting merchants to a payments market will require work.

For cryptocurrency entrepreneurs in particular, many of whom are just developing the anti-money laundering programs they are required to have under other FinCEN rules, the CDD rule is worth taking note of, writes Laurel Loomis Rimon, senior counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.

Behavioral data about Hispanics’ use of digital payments is scarce, but the sector as a whole spends more than $1.4 trillion annually and its population growth rate significantly outpaces the mainstream, based on U.S. Census Bureau data.

The bank, in conjunction with iCapital Network, is slashing requirements to participate in certain alternative investments that it once offered mainly to institutions or the ultrarich.

JPMorgan and Santander show off their uses for the technology; commercial and industrial loans outstanding are rising.