Longtime payments chief Takis Georgakopoulos is leaving the bank. New co-heads Umar Farooq and Max Neurkirchen are inheriting a powerhouse, but they face lots of challenges.

After a disruption in February, LockBit roared back in May, highlighting persistent cyber threats to the financial sector.

An iOS 18 update will enable a Tap to Pay-like system for peer-to-peer payments. Meanwhile, will BNPL rules be different in Australia than in the U.S.?

The fintech industry has introduced unprecedented new levels of competition in the financial services sector. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new proposed rules would stifle it.

Machine learning has a firm place in banks' fraud and scam detection work. But some are also experimenting with using generative AI to research and handle claims.

WealthMeUp, an app that educates users on investing and other financial concepts, eventually wants to turn users' cash-back into investing dollars.

The $684 billion-asset institution adopted the family finance fintech's app and linked debit cards to provide account holders with tools for educating their children about the financial system.

PayPal has brought on expert pitchmen from Uber and Plaid to build an advertising platform for merchants. Its rivals are on a similar path.

Speakers from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, JPMorgan Chase and more outlined the ways they are hunting for much-needed technology talent, from pooled efforts to recruiting outside of the country.

In recent years, the wealth gulf between white and Black families has only grown. But there is hope that advances in fintech, such as wider adoption of artificial intelligence, can help.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu Thursday said AI providers and end-users — including banks — should share responsibility for errors that derive from artificial intelligence models.

A report on efforts to deconflict federal cybersecurity regulations found the Treasury in particular has not completed its recommendations.

Most banks are starting their generative AI experiments with closed-source models before progressing to open source. For some, the ultimate goal is to be model-agnostic.

The Kansas financial institution is using Copper Financial's Guided Investing product that matches members to predesigned portfolios that suit their risk profile.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule pursuant to its broader open banking proposal Wednesday that would require standard-setting bodies to include public interest consumer groups and others to receive bureau recognition.

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions disclosed a February breach in April and recently disclosed an expanded victim count. The company faces a class action lawsuit.

Integrating artificial intelligence into banking operations needs to be done with a clear business purpose in mind, and the articulation of that purpose needs to come straight from the top of the organization.

The San Francisco fintech's newest product seeks to improve lenders' underwriting decisions by identifying gig-work wages, buy now/pay later loans and other income streams gleaned from bank-account data.