The idea of digitizing cashier's checks is likely to meet resistance, but the Swiss startup says at least two U.S. banks are already showing interest.

One U.K. fintech hopes its cryptocurrency-based prepaid debit card will gain traction with bitcoin and ether enthusiasts here.

Several former policymakers have joined virtual currency firms as directors or advisers, but the trend carries risks for officials and consumers alike if these companies stumble.

Building a blockchain solution that adds greater transparency in transactions has the potential to make KYC and KYT processes for crypto transactions much more efficient than the system in place, writes Ash Shilkin, president of Ivy.

Cryptocurrency companies hope P2P transfers will prove habit-forming enough to convince consumers to try out a new currency.

Blockchain can power faster, cheaper and much more secure transactions, independent from governments, banks and national borders, writes Ali Hashem, an account manager at Dentacoin.

The Senate Banking Committee's latest hearing offers some clues.

After three months of testing its cryptocurrency wallet, Plasma Bank has launched PlasmaPay globally with an emphasis on Southeast Asia and South America.

Antivirus solutions, firewalls, secure web gateways and URL filtering cannot reliably detect cryptominer code and have proved ineffective at preventing it from auto-executing within endpoint browsers, writes Carolyn Crandall, chief deception officer at Attivo Networks.

Blockchain technology can make it easier to validate a patient's HSA information, for example — helping speed along the process despite the traditional data validation hurdle they may face otherwise in this situation, writes Bruce Silcoff, CEO of Shyft Network.