Wells Fargo and American Express have launched their third credit card product together.

Thanks to Spiral Toys, now even your children's piggy bank has gone mobile.

Many emerging innovators want to incorporate digital advances into the incumbent financial services sphere, not necessarily leapfrog banks.

Digital and alternative currencies are often cast as libertarian-friendly payment vehicles whose very mission engenders government antagonism. But in Canada, things are a bit friendlier.

There is a lingering fear that enabling real-time transfers between consumer bank accounts will open a window for fraud that cannot be closed. But as the demand for real-time payments grows, two large bank-led consortia hope to address the banking industry's fraud concerns by developing an interoperable identity shield.

Payment cards aren't dead, but they are buried under a growing pile of new and high-tech payment devices.

The explosion of mobile over the last few years has been staggering. By next year, the twenty billionth mobile phone will be sold. And not only are there many more mobile devices, we’re all becoming more reliant on them. In fact, 9 out of 10 consumers in the U.S. keep their phones within reach 24/7.

Conventional wisdom suggests scheduling ATM maintenance during slow periods to minimize impact to member service, but what if you didn't really know when those slow periods were?

David Bowie was a legend in the music industry, but his name was also a presence in financial services, where his identity was synonymous with innovation.

Implementing discrete changes to a core system to compete with disruptors is merely dressing up an arsenal that really should be replaced or overhauled.

Though Apple Pay is advertised primarily as a high-tech way to make payments in stores, the Apple wallet's in-app purchase volume is a significant key to its growth.

FuturePay hopes its alternative credit model can shake up in-store payments as the company plots to go beyond its e-commerce roots.

As far as digital currency has come, the passing of bitcoin for purchases is still a relatively primitive transaction.

Apple Pay is seeing a surge in U.S. bank support, with the number of participating banks rising past 900 with the recent addition of 60 regional and community banks, bringing it closer to full coverage in its home market. But Apple isn't having the same luck everywhere else.

A three-year legal battle between FIS and Fiserv that was recently resolved highlights the importance of intellectual property rights as the financial services industry is increasingly growing reliant on technology.

Millions of consumers without traditional banking relationships can use Apple Pay, now that ADP, a major provider of payroll cards, has joined the mobile payments bandwagon.

Fintech maven and venture capitalist Peter Thiel has invested in Deposit Solutions, an open architecture platform for European retail savings deposits.

NXT-ID and vacation and entertainment club memberships retailer WorldVentures have formed a strategic alliance.

To facilitate its push into the U.S. market, Splitit (formerly PayItSimple) recently added its cloud-based interest-free installment payment technology as a free plugin for e-commerce merchants using the WooCommerce platform.

Hanspeter Wolf, CEO of onboarding software vendor Appway, on how he defines fintech and what he sees for its future.