Payments

The blockchain has the potential to disrupt any industry sector, leaving in its wake a more effective system where people get to own the value they create, says PayStand's Jeremy Almond.

Ahead of the busiest shopping period of the year, CaixaBank is embracing facial recognition retail payments, an option that has met with pushback elsewhere.

Google doesn’t want to be a bank, but its move to offer checking accounts through Citi and a Silicon Valley credit union is a digital wallet architecture shift that will have far-reaching implications for technology-backed payment companies.

MoneyGram is partnering with Wing mobile banking service in Cambodia to offer money transfer services that allow users to send and receive funds directly into their mobile wallets.

China dominates the business. Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency could help alter the balance of power.

Coinbase Card has expanded its cryptocurrency exchange payment cards into 10 new countries and added five new crypto assets that users can spend.

It’s the company’s responsibility to come forward with the information about how an algorithm that could be discriminating against women borrowers was designed and the exact impact of it, she said.

The tech giant’s plan to offer checking raises concerns about how it will use customer data; third quarter loan originations were the second most on record.

Payroll processing provides the same kinds of efficiencies that can streamline procure-to-pay systems, says Nvoicepay's Jim Wright.

Questions about the search giant's planned use of transactional data resonate not only with wary consumers, but also with banks that are worried about big tech’s financial services ambitions, as well as lawmakers and regulators concerned about the tech industry’s growing reach.