Wells Fargo has accepted two Singapore-based payments companies for its spring 2016 startup accelerator class.

Seamless's U.K. expansion strategy has gotten a big boost through a collaboration with the U.K.-based GoCardless digital payment network, enabling a bank-agnostic link to the SEQR mobile payment system.

Facebook is urging companies across the board to embrace mobile technology before another disruptor comes along and renders their organization irrelevant.

Fintech companies are asking a federal regulator to create a specialized charter that would allow them to comply with federal rules instead of facing a state-by-state licensing framework.

Fintech companies are asking a federal regulator to create a specialized charter that would allow them to comply with federal rules instead of facing a state-by-state licensing framework.

Competitive pressure and revenue challenges are creating a need for executives to focus more on strategic planning, and CFOs want a piece of the action. Unfortunately, many CFOs are bogged down with checklists and mundane tasks.

JPMorgan Chase has yet to launch its Chase Pay wallet app, but it's lining up some formidable allies. The wallet's underlying technology was years in the making, giving Chase an edge in winning merchant partners while tapping into a sizable consumer base.

Most credit union industry insiders and experts agree that technology has shaped branching strategy in recent years as many locations have become smaller, with fewer teller lines and more space for consultation.

Many financial criminals are switching to a more sophisticated kind of identity theft in which they open accounts based on stolen identities, or on composites of information stolen from different people.

Since the introduction of Bluetooth beacons as enablers of in-store location-based marketing, many have seen a clear connection between beacons and mobile payments. As the technology evolves, the connection is not quite as clear.

Many financial criminals are switching to a more sophisticated kind of identity theft in which they open accounts based on stolen identities, or on composites of information stolen from different people.

The news that Shell Oil has agreed to accept Chase Pay at more than 6,000 gas stations couldn’t have come at a more interesting moment.

'Split the bill' is a popular way to explain the utility of everything from account transfers to social network-enabled payments. For Rabobank subsidiary MyOrder and Wirecard, it's the impetus for a group mobile wallet.

HSBC and American Express Ventures are part of a $75 million investment in Tradeshift, a company that speeds payments between companies and suppliers.

Kyle Largent offered himself up as "Exhibit A" for U.S. online merchants' greatest fear: that EMV chip card adoption at the point of sale would cause fraud to spike online.

Regulators need to start paying attention to "denial-of-system" attacks as one of the triggers that could bring down a systemically important institution.

For the first time, retailers are facing sizable costs for counterfeit transactions but still not taking measures to mitigate their own risk, raising the question – after six months, how effective is EMV in the U.S.?

The pressure to provide a secure digital commerce experience that's cross-border and cross-channel puts an onus on traditionally tech-averse merchant providers — and creates a market opportunity ACI has been preparing to crack for several years.

With its very survival at stake, the San Francisco-based marketplace lender is balancing key priorities that are sometimes in conflict with each other.

Throw Cathy Bessant of Bank of America a question about a hot tech topic, and she's got answers. Blockchain? She loves it but is still waiting for its use case. Patents? The law is making us be aggressive. Swift? A call to action. And that's just the start.