Bank technology

While many fintech companies are trying to disrupt banking niches, the blockchain has the greatest potential to completely transform finance the way Uber and others have done for their industries.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is readying a package of bills, one of which could provide financial tech firms with national standards, so that they wouldn't have to comply with the various state regulations.

Technology at many banks has been assembled haphazardly over years. That makes for complex systems with lots of connections. Those points are prime targets for cybercriminals to find a way in.

The service should help Uber better compete with Lyft, a rival app-based taxi service that can now pay its drivers instantly. It could also be provide a new revenue source for Green Dot's struggling GoBank unit.

A cybersecurity panel at the Women in Finance and Technology Symposium Thursday explored ways to enhance communication and collaboration between different branches of government working to strengthen the nation's cyberdefenses.

Like any well-run business, the Dridex cybercrime gang is growing and diversifying. It's stepping up its efforts to break into banks, through increased phishing attacks and ransomware.

As one of the most antagonistic lobbying battles in Washington escalates -- where financial institutions like JPMorgan Chase and Visa are sparring with companies such as Walmart over credit card swipe fees -- a powerful ally is again sticking up for the retailers.

Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies will start letting its drivers cash out their earnings whenever they want, an option that rival Lyft has offered since December.

American Express has filed a notice with the attorney general in California informing some of its cardholders that their account information may have been compromised.

Jonathan Firester, an executive director in the financial services practice at EY, discusses why investment banks have taken an interest in distributed ledgers.