Myriad payment innovations are cutting into old-school cash payments, changing how funds are accessed, spent and received for purposes ranging from in-store payments to accessing disaster recovery funds. Will these changes bring new communities into banking, or will it leave them behind?

Data breaches in 2024 exposed billions of records, impacting financial firms, banks and consumers alike.

Ripple, MoneyGram and FV Bank all bolstered their ability to distribute digital assets, with cross-border transactions emerging as a primary use case.

Upbound currently focuses on lease-to-own products. Brigit will help it expand its offerings, but the fintech faced an FTC complaint last year.

From mail theft to video games, a variety of trends shaped scams and fraud in 2024 — and made the schemes more expensive for everyone.

An industry lawsuit seeks to undermine a rule put forward by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would make it much easier for consumers to manage their own financial health.

Numerous reports and lawsuits have criticized the health insurer for using algorithms to ramp up denials of coverage.

Execs from U.S. Bancorp and Keybank discuss how emerging technology makes it easier to replicate the near invisible checkout that car-sharing riders enjoy.

Walmart is pouring more firepower into its fledgling financial venture, signaling its ambition to wade deeper into financial services.

Financial institutions are adopting AI technology into virtually every aspect of the business. Analysts and fintechs share a framework for protecting data and bank reputations.

The merger pairs the fintech's consumer lending platform with Gen Digital's identity-protection services, such as Norton, LifeLock and ReputationDefender.

The bank suggests it's a scapegoat for Synapse's wrongdoing in a case of banking-as-a-service gone awry.

Some smaller banks are punching above their weight when it comes to being AI-savvy, industry observers say.

The industry should rally behind the Financial Data Exchange, which has stepped up to help develop standards and governance protocols for open banking in the United States.

The company said the P2P payment service the bureau seeks to supervise presents no risk to consumers because it is no longer offered in the U.S.

Customers of fintechs affected by Synapse's bankruptcy have been waiting since May for money they had in their accounts, and $65 million to $85 million still appears to be missing.

The holiday season presents online shopping and charity scam risks, and this year presents a novel threat of AI-assisted fraud. Here's how banks are helping their customers avoid these schemes.