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Visa has purchased a minority stake in Nigerian payment processor Interswitch, giving the card brand deeper access to nearly two dozen nations on the continent.

The road to the White House in 2020 may entail a war against Wall Street and wealth itself, as polling results encourage more candidates to cast a jaundiced eye toward the financial world, Citi warned in a note to clients.

Multichannel payment technology provider Ingenico Group is partnering with Singapore fintech Pundi X to deliver a point-of-sale terminal that can accept crypto payments.

From its start four years ago as a PayPal service, the Xoom mobile money transfer network has positioned itself as an international P2P app that could rival traditional networks through its speed and ease of use.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s exemption from the Qualified Mortgage rule is on borrowed time, but a House bill would allow lenders to use the mortgage giants’ guidelines for documenting borrower income.

Not long ago, a Walmart Inc. store manager asked the company’s e-commerce department if it could send over the details of any online orders that customers were planning to pick up at the store that day.

It should offer some form of guidance to spur innovation, a former official with the bureau says.

Nok Nok Labs and Apple are separately trying to improve authentication techniques as smartwatch payment options stack up.

Traders and bankers hoping a better-than-expected third quarter would boost their year-end pay are likely to be disappointed.

Truliant FCU and Topline FCU made changes to their member experience teams while other institutions also announced personnel moves.

New data analytics could help provide more comfort to banks in doing business with the cannabis industry, despite restrictive federal laws.

Banks like RBC and JPMorgan Chase can now more easily draw real-time FactSet data feeds into applications.

Goldman may abandon its revenue goal; in an attempt to boost revenue, Credit Suisse picks new leaders for its investment banking and capital markets unit.

BIS appoints a stablecoin expert to a top position; Goldman responds to Apple Card gender bias claims; and other information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the web.

New technologies could ease the compliance burden for many institutions but some say they could also widen the divide between large and small credit unions.

If measuring PCI-DSS compliance was like tracking an athletic team's progress, one could say it was in a bad slump.

If cryptocurrency is going to meaningfully disrupt international payments and trade finance, then it must integrate with the international trade process in a relatively frictionless way, says Stasis' Gregory Klumov.

The male-dominated finance industry is missing out on more than $700 billion a year in revenue by failing to listen to or tailor products for women, according to the management consultancy Oliver Wyman.

Doug Clare explains how the organization uses artificial intelligence to spot crime rings and skimmers.

Many in the industry have cheered regulators’ interest in improving the supervisory rating system, but they may shy from commenting publicly about their experiences in a confidential process.