The U.S. migration to EMV chip technology – intended to reduce card fraud, provide global interoperability, and enable safer payment transactions – may prove to be a valuable move for more than just the payments industry.

Airbnb, the company that disrupted the hospitality industry as Uber did to taxis, is sidling up to the fintech space.

Suddenly, online lenders are struggling, or paying higher prices, to attract the institutional money that has fueled their rapid rise.

Banks are starting to use Facebook Messenger as a way to connect with customers. For now, such interactions will be limited and largely based on artificial intelligence. Down the road, the move could place Facebook deeper into the lives of its customers and could give it an entrée into financial services.

Motorists in the Netherlands will soon be able to pay for fuel purchases before pulling into the gas station through a feature from the Dutch bank Rabobank’s MyOrder, which already supports a variety of mobile payments use cases.

Financial services and payments technology provider Affirm says it has raised $100 million in a round of equity funding.

Corelation Inc., a core processor in San Diego, was hired by seven credit unions during the first quarter. The new signings raise the total number of credit unions using Corelation to 48.

Those who want to understand exactly how bitcoin is being adopted in the U.S. would do well to take a look at the tech startup Snapcard.

Retail banks must reinvent the way they charge consumers for their services at a time when institutions are struggling for profitability.

Just as startups can open new markets and take longstanding clients from incumbents, they may also rob traditional companies of much-needed diversity in their higher ranks.

Card firm MBNA has joined the first wave of issuers to offer Samsung Pay when it launches in the United Kingdom.

Affirm, a three-year-old online lender that finances consumer purchases at the point of sale, has raised a $100 million in equity funding to help it boost distribution and develop new products and services.

Bank of America customers could soon interact with the bank via Facebook's Messenger app, the banking company said Tuesday.

As banks weigh blockchain-powered clearing and settlement solutions, the Royal Bank of Canada is looking at how the technology can bolster its customer loyalty schemes.

The word “tokenization” is being used far too broadly to describe a variety of payment security methods that perform different security functions.

Global consumers have an appetite for U.S. goods, but American e-commerce merchants are making it too hard to pay, according to PayPal-sponsored research.

The partnership with OnDeck will allow the megabank to approve and fund loans in as little as a day, according to CEO Jamie Dimon. Meanwhile, OnDeck is eyeing similar partnerships with other banks.

Before banks are truly integrated into the digital landscape, they must break down data silos and implement steps to make data more accurate and actionable.

The New York company makes two- to three-year term loans of between $3,000 and $25,000. It is seeking to distinguish itself from other digital lenders by targeting young adults who have limited credit histories.

Data breaches have become scarily commonplace. But even small financial institutions can take action to thwart hackers and minimize losses.