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As online fraud becomes more pervasive, merchants need to strengthen their defenses against would-be cyber thieves.

There are security gaps in chip cards that are vulnerable to new types of skimming. Biometrics can help solve this problem, and will also prove handy as EMV cards migrate to smartphones.

KeyCorp integrated First Niagara just a couple of months after the deal closed. CIO Amy Brady says coordination between business leaders and the tech team paved the way.

Summit State Bank in Santa Rosa, Calif., has hired a rival’s chief credit officer.

Evidence exists that in most markets in which public regulators oversaw EMV implementations, the results were much better for merchants and consumers.

Any company that uses point of sale systems or technology is at risk.

Goldman Sachs' latest class of partners includes 19 women, which is as high as that number has ever been; a Trump adviser says Janet Yellen isn't going anywhere, for now; and what the election taught us about the depth of the gender divide. Also, Thasunda Duckett, Margaret Keane and Christine Lagarde.

Lots of banks offer P-to-P and bill pay, but Fiserv's research suggests institutions can make improvements in making consumers aware.

Paysafe and ServiceMax have partnered to deliver online payment and mobile point of sale solutions to service providers that do a vast majority of their work in the field.

Mobile wallets need to be open and accessible across all systems.

Merchants have been allowed to surcharge in most states for the past three years, but many were not aware. That's starting to change.

Payment companies are increasingly adopting biometrics to replace more traditional authentication. That's a good move, but it also comes with a whole new set of risks.

Stessa Cohen warns that if we aren't careful, we could bring old gender biases into world of bank bots; Amy Nauiokas argues bank innovation should be applied more broadly, not just in technology; Marva Smalls recalls how she broke out of her comfort zone; and Esther George of the Kansas City Fed talks about staying true to her convictions. Also, how unbalanced journalism puts more scrutiny on female leaders than on their male counterparts and the silver lining in this presidential election.

The U.S. is the only industrialized nation without mandated paid parental leave, but innovative leave policies are an opportunity to attract and retain employees in a highly competitive industry.

Application programming interfaces have grown so quickly, they're no longer the future of payments. They're the present.

Square 1 Bank, a unit of PacWest Bancorp, has hired two financial services veterans to expand its banking services for venture capital and private-equity firms and named a new leader of that practice.

The founder and president of Anthemis Group gets an early look at all types of fintech innovation. She's noticed that, no matter how different the ideas are, there is one underlying commonality in this sector: it's lacking something profound. Here are some small changes that could make a big difference.

Wells Fargo has named Monica Cole to head middle-market banking for six Midwestern states.

Less than a week after revealing it will bring Alipay payment options to U.S. terminals, Ant Financial has signed an agreement with Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Marva Smalls has gotten comfortable with being uncomfortable throughout her career, and she advises others to do the same, particularly aspiring leaders.