The activist investor ValueAct Capital Management has been awarded a seat on the board of Fiserv as part of a settlement with the financial technology and payments firm.

Companies that have competed in the agency's program say it helped them accelerate new ideas for features and businesses.

Roughly two dozen countries have issued central bank digital currencies or have pilots underway. But until financial services firms strengthen the security of their mobile apps, these payment tools are unlikely to gain widespread acceptance.

A new wave of cyberattacks is targeting banks and other companies, two research groups have found.

With its $1.1 billion deal for Technisys, the onetime student-loan refinancer adds a banking-core software arm as it pushes beyond deposits and lending.

Changing consumer expectations, new workplace realities and increasing demand for third-party access to data are pushing companies to re-invent cybersecurity's role for the future.

Changing consumer expectations, new workplace realities and increasing demand for third-party access to data are pushing companies to re-invent cybersecurity's role for the future.

Klarna Bank is adding the option for customers to pay immediately at checkout in nine new markets while expanding its rewards program, as it targets becoming a one-stop lender for consumers.

The Minneapolis bank is shifting consumer-facing applications and other technology components out of its data centers and into Microsoft’s Azure cloud.

Super Bowl ads' impact, another overdraft-fees ouster, and more in banking news this week.

The tax preparer has a well-recognized brand and wide reach, but needs tech help for its neobank.

The Silicon Valley fintech expects to make $1.5 billion in auto loans this year after implementing key elements needed to achieve scale, said CEO David Girouard. The expansion comes as the automotive market continues to boom.

Thomas Vartanian, a banking lawyer and former federal regulator, has co-founded the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center to address a fundamental question: Is the internet the right tool for the job of modern banking?

As more consumers shop and bank online, Texas Capital and its rivals are competing for market share with concepts such as an American Airlines savings account that offers miles instead of interest and one that pays a 0.70% annual percentage yield, beating the national average of 0.06%.

The digital-only bank, which is due to launch March 1, is trying to develop an Amazon-like banking experience for the most finicky of clients: tech startup founders, says CEO Mike Butler.

The fintech-turned-bank has bet big on pro football marketing. Sunday’s game at SoFi Stadium should give its customer acquisitions a boost, analysts say.

Banks and companies that use artificial intelligence to make loans agree with regulators that it should be tested for fairness. But they also say traditional loans could be just as biased.

Bank of America has led a $20 million funding round into U.K. startup Banked, a tie-up that will give customers of e-commerce companies in the U.K. the option to make card-free purchases.

People moves, Peter Thiel, AI for bullion sales, fraud sentencing and more in banking news this week.

Faux love interests have netted more than $1 billion from victims in the past five years. Here's what banks can do to shield account holders from fraudsters.