Axcess Financial is using stronger authentication, studying up on bad actors and planning to use a federal service that automates verification of Social Security numbers.

During the wave of fintech innovation that has occurred over the past decade or so, innovators have gone without meaningful and reliable access to the financial data and processing ecosystem.

An obscure-sounding statistic gives a fresh look at how dramatic the move to digital finance has been the past few months — and how permanent the move will be.

Jelena McWilliams explains the agency's decision to enlist the help of tech innovators to modernize a reporting process that the coronavirus epidemic has exposed as outdated.

For the next several decades, more and more assets will be managed through blockchain, and the world of digital assets will thrive, says DeFiner.org's Jason Wu.

Fintech is providing real, viable and more affordable options for money remitters, to continue to be the lifeblood for communities all around the world, says Ding's Rupert Shaw.

Banks are using emotion AI, which picks up subtle signals over text, audio and video, to help their customer service agents do their jobs better.

Technology has helped banks expand globally, but complying with country-specific laws restricting data flows is a constant struggle.

Tia Ilori, Senior Director of global fraud and breach investigations at Visa, joins us to talk with Michael Moeser, PaymentsSource's senior analyst, about the new attacks and fraud trends that have emerged since the start of the pandemic.

The so-called tech sprint involving 20 companies from across the country is intended to help improve the efficiency of banks' quarterly data submissions to the regulators.

We need to think more systematically about monetary structures and the control of monetary policy, says Cosmos co-founder Ethan Buchman.

Thanks to their close relationship with the card networks, banks stand to benefit most from deals like Mastercard’s agreement to buy Finicity and Visa’s pending purchase of Plaid. The prospects for fintechs and consumers are dicier.

A spike in demand has led to a bigger emphasis on innovative solutions for the digital payments market.

As people begin moving again, digital transactions and customer experience will be key, says WEX's Anant Patel.

With more employees than ever working from home due to the coronavirus, credit unions' networks may be less secure than usual. But purchasing cyber insurance to help cover the costs if a breach occurs isn't as clear cut as it may seem.

A spike in demand has led to a bigger emphasis on innovative solutions for the digital payments market.

While they are not dramatically opposed, Jelena McWilliams and Brian Brooks have articulated their own ideas on postal banking and the use of artificial intelligence in lending.

Wells Fargo customers targeted with phishing attacks using calendar invites; Fed freezes stock buybacks, caps dividends after stress test results; Citigroup names Titi Cole its head of global operations and fraud prevention.

Always view fraud prevention tactics and strategies within the proper context. Be aware of current economic and societal conditions and analyze how behaviors may vary, says Sift's Jeff Sakasegawa.

Now perhaps more than ever, banks and their proxies need to show tact when communicating with past-due borrowers.