Mobile payments

The Wyomissing, Pa.-based firm is forgoing cash offers in favor of a more complicated plan that involves spinning the unit off to shareholders, who will then trade their stakes for shares in a Clearwater,Fla-based community bank in a tax-free exchange.

There's never an easy time to change leaders, but for American Express it's a particularly challenging time as it faces legal challenges to a core part of its fee structure and is still revamping its business model after a stinging client loss.

Diane Offereins manages relationships with 1,000 merchants and 3,300 financial institutions.

It's not just Equifax that needs to worry. The incident can and should be a turning point for the financial services industry, a warning that it needs to end its reliance on static personal identifiers.

The person-to-person payment service, the big banks’ answer to Venmo, is scheduled to launch a stand-alone app next week.

It's only a matter of time before U.S. banks are forced to cede control over payments, says Brett King in this week's episode.

Mobile wallets and digital payments apps are erasing the distinction between credit and debit, but many issuers still cling to old practices that treat those audiences differently. SunTrust is working to change that.

Prodigy Finance, a London-based graduate student lender, gets $240 million in new funding round; Bitcoin Cash value soars.