The acquisition of the prime-focused U.S. fintech is expected to boost Barclays' return on tangible equity and digital capabilities starting in 2027.

The Ohio bank is working with Alloy Partners to build startups in fintech, payments and wealth management even as it acquires multiple banks this year.

Robert Hartheimer's arrest comes at a time when the bank is trying to recover from a consent order and the Synapse mess.

There are regulatory and technology efforts to reform international payments, but it's a multifaceted, long process. Swift, The Federal Reserve, and fintechs like Wise and Revolut are pushing potential solutions. Here's what banks need to know.

The company's software automates much of the process of getting money transmitter, lending and other types of licenses.

Revolut receives a banking license, while SumUp introduces its payments hardware. That and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.

A failure at an Amazon Web Services data center in Virginia caused widespread outages, hitting services at several banks and fintechs.

The effort to establish rules governing consumers' access to their financial data has been effectively derailed by litigation, moves made by the Trump-era CFPB and JPMorganChase's decision to start charging data aggregators for access to customer data.

The credit infrastructure and analytics company secured $35 million in a Series D funding round, led by Socium Ventures, the venture capital division at Cox Enterprises, to expand cash-flow underwriting into auto lending and personal loans.

Lebda, who died over the weekend in an ATV accident, built one of the first online financial marketplaces in 1998.

Younger borrowers are increasingly moving money away from financial institutions, but banks could recapture Gen Z capital by helping them build credit.

As consumers use digital subscriptions for everything from streaming movies to cooking meals, financial apps are taking different approaches to helping their customers navigate recurring payments. Should banks get in on the action?

The fintech Versatile Credit lets merchants provide point-of-sale credit to consumers in all FICO ranges.

The Brazil-based neobank has 122.7 million customers in three countries and is focused on international expansion.

The robo-adviser fintech publicly released its S-1 filing on Monday, even as a government shutdown could chill the IPO market.

Prosecutors had asked the judge for a stiff sentence, saying that Javice committed a "brazen fraud" when she convinced JPMorgan to pay far more for her company than it was worth.

After a slump of several years, there's been a renewal of payment and financial tech firms going public.

Payment-focused fintechs are acquiring – and keeping – merchants' business thanks to services such as fraud prevention, analytics financing and loyalty tools, according to Capgemini's 2026 World Payments Report. If banks want to compete, they'll need to change their game.

The president is charging $100,000 for H-1B visa petitions that allow skilled workers to migrate to the U.S. Here's a look at the impact on banks and payment firms.

The money transfer fintech expanded its Austin office 200% to 90,000 square feet as it looks toward accelerating growth in North America. The company also separately inked a new partnership with Upwork to add Wise Platform as an infrastructure provider for freelancer payouts.