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Elavon has joined a collaboration of travel industry partners to streamline the way online travel agencies pay airlines using virtual cards.

Under the Treasury Department's Financial Agent Mentor-Protégé program, JPMorgan Chase is advising two black-owned banks on working with the agency in ways that could boost their fee income.

American Express has agreed to acquire Resy, a restaurant reservation booking and management platform.

Eric Blankenstein, the CFPB's policy director for supervision, enforcement and fair lending, has been criticized for using a racial slur in blog posts 15 years ago and claiming the majority of hate crimes were hoaxes.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. reported the slowest pace of sales growth since it went public in 2004, as China’s largest company struggles to revive a battered gaming division while battling the country’s decelerating economy.

The Italian family that founded a bank in the 14^th century and pioneered branches and letters of credit is now setting up a tech-forward, crypto-friendly disruptor in the United States.

The total includes donations to community groups helping low-income people, support for the development of financial coaching programs and investment in the creation and testing of fintech tools that can help underserved people.

A recent court decision allowing New York’s financial regulator to proceed in a case meant to block the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency from offering fintechs a new federal banking charter is having a chilling effect on potential applicants.

Once banks offer digital invoice processing and order approvals, small businesses would no longer need to manage the risk and hassle of paper-based transactions, argues Erik De Kroon, CEO and co-founder of Yordex.

Over a dozen progressive lawmakers urged the central bank to reverse its course and protect bank regulations enacted after the financial crisis.

As new stadiums are being launched across a variety of sports around the globe with the latest entertainment options, older stadiums are using technology and premium culinary offerings to stay competitive and keep their fans engaged.

Everything from phone bills to utility payment histories could help credit unions expand lending opportunities to consumers without a credit score.

The private sector will be able to provide more efficient and innovative technologies for the industry.

The Defense Credit Union Council and the Association of Military Banks of America sent dueling letters to Congress about whether banks should pay for space on military installations.

"Institutional support" spurs cryptocurrency price gains; the regulation limits what banks can charge for going negative on accounts.

The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart upgrades its online shopping; Paytm introduces a card and addresses internal fraud; Samsung extends crypto support; U.K. fintech investment stays strong.

Ask 453 bankers their forecasts on loan demand and the economy, or their feelings about the BB&T-SunTrust merger, pot banking as well as other hot issues, and a clear picture emerges. Promontory Interfinancial Network recently did just that, and here our five takeaways from the results.

More than half of all states don’t have an electronic system to track car titles and liens, which increases the potential for fraud and costs for lenders.

Sainsbury’s has launched the U.K.’s first mobile-only checkout-free grocery store, inviting comparisons to what Amazon Go is doing in the U.S. But their models are far from identical.

It’s no overstatement to suggest that stored value plays a role in nearly all of our daily lives. This suggests that the digital transformation of these instruments should be life-changing. But that hasn’t happened—yet, writes Chris Demetree, CEO of Lazlo 326.