House lawmakers approved two bills this week to foster greater information sharing between the private sector and government about cyber threats — and all eyes now turn to the Senate to see if legislation can finally be enacted.

House lawmakers approved two bills this week to foster greater information sharing between the private sector and government about cyber threats — and all eyes now turn to the Senate to see if legislation can finally be enacted.

ONTARIO, Calif. — CU Direct said it has signed agreements with nine credit unions for them to implement the company's Lending 360 Loan Origination System (LOS).

Charge Payment has a new name. The Nashville-based technology and integrated payments provider will now go by i3Verticals,

Citigroup and AT&T have unveiled a new credit card that offers a credit for a new smartphone, potentially boosting adoption of Citi Wallet.

Increasingly, the goal of more payments providers — from megabanks like Wells Fargo to startups like YoYo — is to hide the fact that they are payments providers.

Banks that use biometric technology should remember to take client and employee privacy concerns seriously. After all, banks have a duty to protect personal information and prevent its potential misuse.

PayPal is investing heavily in technology to make sure it is properly equipped for the challenge ahead of it when its split from eBay is finalized.

Loyalty programs have long relied on the point of sale interaction to inform consumers of their rewards and discounts, but the rise of mobile is changing consumers' expectations.

Banks may be far less nimble than tech startups, but that isn't stopping financial institutions from opening fintech accelerators throughout the world. But is this work part of a sincere desire for innovation, or just a series of vanity projects?

By using simplified processes for payments and other services, a new generation of innovators is disrupting major financial institutions and demonstrating how a technology-first approach can vastly improve customer experience.

Strategic Link, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Northwest Credit Union Association, has added Mirador Financial, a small business lending platform for financial institutions, to the list of service providers available to CUs.

The San Francisco bank has added three more young technology firms to its accelerator program, which is aimed at adapting products from outside the financial services world for creative uses in banking.

No security offering can totally eliminate network data breaches, but fast detection can prevent a successful attack from becoming a large-scale disaster.

Despite a series of challenges and missteps from Google Wallet's earliest days, the app has tightened its grip on the Android ecosystem and squeezed out the competition — and Google must now decide whether Apple Pay is its next target or its most unlikely ally.

The University of Nicosia has been pretty bullish on Bitcoin. But it's not just that the digital currency reduces international transfer costs; Bitcoin's rise also pressures traditional financial institutions to lower their fees more generally.

SEATAC, Wash., and TIGARD, Ore. — The Northwest Credit Union Association on Tuesday said it has unveiled a "new online dating website" for its CUs.

Online and mobile payment giant PayPal announced two major additions to its leadership.

Uber Technologies Inc. and Capital One Financial Corp. have joined to give the credit-card issuer's customers cheaper rides on the car-sharing service.

An advanced strain of malware is capable of attacking Windows point of sale terminals, stealing cardholder data and upgrading itself while hiding in plain sight.