Affirm Holdings, known for its buy now/pay later options, beefed up its app as the firm works toward a crypto offering.

The controversial cryptocurrency project that Mark Zuckerberg once defended in front of Congress is unraveling after regulatory pressure.

Google has hired former PayPal executive Arnold Goldberg to run its payments division and set a new course for the business after it scrapped a push into banking.

The new offering’s loan structure is designed to hedge against digital currency's price volatility.

SoFi Bank, which is expected to open next month, emerges from the company’s purchase of a small community bank in California. It will not be allowed to engage in crypto-asset activities without its primary regulator’s approval.

While money market fee waivers ate into the company’s revenue last quarter, as low interest rates led asset managers to make concessions to customers, executives predict a turnaround in 2022 after the Federal Reserve starts monetary tightening.

UniCC is the the largest dark web vendor of stolen credit cards, with $358 million in purchases made through the market since 2013 using cryptocurrencies, according to a blockchain forensics firm.

The card brands are pursuing partnerships with banks, government agencies and merchants, with a goal of building networks and services to accommodate the rise of central bank digital currencies.

In a letter to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the top Democrats and Republicans on the Senate and House Agriculture Committees say the watchdog has a “critical role to play“ in regulating digital assets. 

The startup PointCard's new charge card ignores applicants' credit scores, instead weighing their cryptocurrency holdings and other investments to determine ability to repay.

If the payments company moves ahead with a digital currency rollout, its network of merchants and consumers as well as its retail-payments focus could give it the upper hand over banks, whose products are limited to cryptocurrency exchanges, wholesale payments and other specific uses.

Cryptocurrency kiosks are increasingly suspected of being used in the smuggling of human beings and drugs. Law enforcement agencies need more information about their locations, according to a government watchdog report.

PayPal is exploring the launch of its own stablecoin as part of its cryptocurrency push, according to the company, which confirmed the development after evidence of the move was discovered inside its iPhone app.

The Biden administration is poised to specify which cryptocurrency firms will be forced to report reams of customer data to the Internal Revenue Service, said people familiar with the matter.

The debut of new mobile wallets ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing is an impetus for the Federal Reserve to bring its own central bank digital currency project up to speed.

Democrats largely left the financial sector alone last year. But they are attempting to resurrect a bank tax-reporting plan to help pay for President Biden’s social policy package while keeping a close eye on cryptocurrency and how regulators review mergers.

Industry leaders in the spotlight this year include Citi's Jane Fraser, TD's Bharat Masrani and several others who are making big moves in cryptocurrency.

Mexico’s central bank will have its own digital currency in circulation by 2024 as part of efforts to boost financial inclusion.

The National Credit Union Administration has given its first guidance on handling Bitcoin and other digital assets in an effort to encourage credit unions to work with fintechs to offer new services.

It's easy for banks to get caught up in the hype around cryptocurrency, but instead of rushing in they should take time to assess how the technology will best meet their own needs and those of their customers.