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Brian Behlendorf, the executive director of Hyperledger, explains why Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance have joined each other’s organizations. 

For all the media attention around the best options for cardholders when making transactions abroad, there's little focus on the lack of transparency on the costs involved with making a purchase in the local currencies where Visa, Mastercard and the issuers manage the conversion, argues Gino Ravaioli, chairman of the DCC Forum.

The cryptocurrency boom has encouraged attackers to expand their focus from other methods such as utilizing malware to steal data and impose ransoms or launching a disruptive DDoS attack, to employing tools and techniques to gain access to the computing power of enterprises to generate cryptocurrency payouts, writes Carolyn Crandall, chief deception officer at Attivo Networks.

Promoting diversity must go beyond putting women in the C-suite. It’s about creating products and practices that help support and elevate those who tend to be overlooked.

For banks, initially concerned that PSD2 would allow others to come between them and their customers, the prize comes in keeping themselves at the center of their customers’ digital banking experience, writes Huw Davies, CCO of Token.

Emotional connections can make a difference when consumers have many different ways to shop and pay, according to Tom Caporaso, CEO of Clarus Commerce.

American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gala, recorded live on Oct. 4 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Mary Mack, Wells Fargo's head of consumer banking and American Banker's No. 1 Woman to Watch, acknowledged recent issues at the bank, but noted the progress it's made in fixing them.

Cathy Bessant, Bank of America's chief technology officer and American Banker's No. 1 Most Powerful Woman in Banking, offered thoughts on diversity and inspiration during the gala on Oct. 4, 2018.

Diane Schumaker-Krieg, the global head of research, economics and strategy at Wells Fargo and a mainstay on American Banker's list of the Most Powerful Women in Finance, plans to step down at the end of the year.

Comparing the U.K. payments landscape to that of the U.S. is sometimes like comparing apples to oranges according to Ankit Kumar, manager of digital payments and mobile financial services at Gemalto.

Mary Mack, the head of consumer banking at Wells Fargo, said Thursday the San Francisco bank has made significant progress in fixing its culture after a series of scandals over the past two years.

At American Banker's annual Most Powerful Women in Banking gala on Thursday evening in New York, honorees urged the industry to promote more women and people of color.

Payment forms on e-commerce sites are the most common target for formjacking attackers, writes Robert Capps, vice president and authentication strategist for NuData Security.

Cathy Bessant, chief operations and technology officer at Bank of America and American Banker's Most Powerful Woman in Banking, quoted Stevie Nicks in saying women can be both ladies and legends.

The UBS executive discusses how a sudden, life-threatening illness changed her outlook on life and business.

Barbara Byrne, a lifetime achievement award winner, says the pace of adding diversity to C-suites must increase quickly.

Mack, Wells Fargo's head of consumer banking, shares the story of the listening tour she went on and the bank's path forward.

Watch American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance gala, which was recorded live on Oct. 4 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.