Anticipating demand from internet of things and advanced smartphones, Fingerprint Cards AB has launched a new multi-biometric technology platform that combines iris screening with facial recognition.

Consumers needed payment platforms that could handle internet payments, and startups quickly filled the void, says Chief Outsiders' Mark Coronna.

Consumer identities are becoming increasingly digital and more prone to privacy risks. Lawmakers cannot sit idle.

As the number of payment types and channels increase, manual processes to handle fraud can rapidly become unmanageable, says The ai Corporation's Oliver Tearle.

U.S. banks are trying to answer a key question about open banking: Can we share our data with payment companies and other fintechs without scrapping our legacy systems? The answer is yes, with an asterisk.

The two companies agreed to continue to collaborate on a prepaid card program until 2027. The deal holds particular importance for Green Dot, which relies heavily on revenue generated at the discount retail giant.

Startups are increasingly expanding into new areas with their bank partners in an effort to broaden their customer base and bring products to market faster.

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close, Credit Union Journal queried industry leaders about the biggest threats facing their institutions.

Ripple isn't a part of Facebook's Libra. It's more likely to be a rival, and it must be careful to make sure that lawmakers see the distinction.

American Banker Capitol Hill reporter Neil Haggerty shares how the D.C. community reacted to Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony and how it looks at the project now.

Severe attacks are on the rise in all sectors, including financial services. There are several specific defenses banks can employ to mitigate and recover from them.

A few weeks after debuting voice-supported recurring bill payments in India, Amazon is extending a similar feature to most of its markets.

The company has recruited bankers from Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank and smaller firms to expand its corporate banking team that serves financial technology clients.

With data collection, just because you can doesn’t always mean you should, says Equiniti's Sarah Jackson.

Regulators globally are using "tech sprints" to test new anti-money-laundering solutions. More can be done, but it's a good start.

With simple passwords more vulnerable than ever, a growing number of CUs are deploying multifactor authentication techniques to bolster security.

Mastercard's positioning its effort as a call to action — instead of a mandate — to bring stakeholders together to produce best practices to project data.

Mastercard has launched two separate initiatives that touch the health care market — blockchain for visibility in food systems and Mastercard Healthcare Solutions to detect fraud and bring efficiencies in health care organizations.

Figure Technologies, which has made $600 million in home equity loans in the past year, says its next move will be refinancing student loans.

Newcomers to the U.S. tend to have a hard time getting credit cards because they lack credit history here. Amex has deployed technology from a fintech, Nova Credit, that could change this.