The law could further boost the state’s already vibrant financial services sector as well as spur additional innovation across the state’s economy, writes Valentina Isakina, financial services marketing director for JobsOhio.

PayPal's new Funds Now service should be the norm, according to the company, which will provide immediate funds access to small businesses in good standing.

While certainly connected in both concept and actuation, those with an interest in this burgeoning marketplace will be wise to note that both the risk and the regulatory landscape for existing cryptocurrencies differ from ICOs/tokens, according to Erin Fonte and Ferdose al-Taie, lawyers at Dykema.

A community bank in Pennsylvania made up its own holiday of sorts — including a product demonstration and a 1982 DeLorean reminiscent of "Back to the Future" — to encourage bank customers to try out new fintech features.

Ring's smart doorbell was its billion-dollar ticket to Amazon's empire, which bought the company as part of its move into consumers' homes and communities.

For any emerging technology, skepticism is natural and blockchain will need to prove itself before it is widely adopted, writes David Hanson, co-CEO of Ultra.

By improving STP processes for small business, these players will greatly expand their reach of serviceable suppliers, resulting in higher revenues and better service for the clients they serve, writes Blair Jeffrey, COO of Noventis.

International e-commerce is booming these days and so too are the opportunities—and challenges—for payments players.

Visa is providing payments support for contactless vending machines dispensing high-fashion accessories at an event during New York's Fashion Week.

Ingenico Group has agreed to collaborate with Toshiba to expand payment types at the point of sale in grocery, pharmacy and other multi-lane environments.

Transactions are becoming just one part of an ecosystem that includes CRM and business management, according to Ryan Ahern, payments solution manager at Ingenico Group, North America.

Blockchain technology has the potential to change the healthcare industry, placing the patient, at the center of the system by providing added security, privacy and interoperability to health data and payments, writes Donika Kraeva, strategic communications manager for Dentacoin.

It’s possible for all types of companies to live in tandem and ultimately, benefit from this new business ecosystem, writes Khalid Fellahi, senior vice president and general manager of Western Union Digital.

Uber’s latest app update adds a stored-value account that incentivises riders to dive deeper into the Uber ecosystem — and away from their bank or mobile wallet provider.

Counter to the trend — pioneered by Amazon — of launching cashierless technology in small stores to keep traffic under control, the U.K. supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has launched a trial of cashierless mobile shopping in one of its busy London stores, Clapham North Station Local.

By transforming a traditional treasury into a cashless economy, cities will open the doors to wider and faster adoption of more complex smart city innovations, writes Sumeet Puri, senior vice president and global head of systems engineering at Solace.

Minal Hasan, a lawyer turned prominent fintech venture capitalist, has strong views on founder dramas, cryptocurrency, and why banks need to step up their technology game.

Google has a validated and ready to roll out mobile payments model that it has developed in less than one year, writes Daniel Döderlein, CEO and founder of Auka.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is sending a message to the payments industry that it might not be wise to wait on the card networks to solve the growing problem of mobile and online payments fraud.

Amazon Go may be stealing the spotlight, but it is far from alone in the rush to revolutionize in-store checkout through the use of sensors, scanners, mobile devices and more.