One consultant offers tips on how to better understand – and compete with – new entrants to the financial services marketplace.

2019 has already seen billions of dollars in fintech M&A. The deals have come at a rapid enough pace that acquirers are often buying companies that are still absorbing deals of their own.

The payments space is expected to see continued consolidation, new fraud patterns and more contactless cards for the second half of 2019.

Financial institutions have different levels of breach protection than health care, heightening the risk, according to Brad Keller, senior vice president and program director at Shared Assessments.

Paramount Financial Technologies says its software can help banks answer key questions about their branch networks, including when it makes sense to expand them.

While there’s been dramatic innovation in the banking sector in recent years, regulators and startups can better collaborate around these developments.

Digital Asset Holdings eyes blockchain for 'smart contracts'; readying for a marathon is like competing for a big client.

Developers of new payment methods often court big retailers to show off their brand, but the card networks' universal buy button is launching with security features designed for smaller shops.

The agency's vote Thursday threatens to block many of the industry's communications with customers, though financial institutions did win one concession.

Security, operational challenges and new operational requirements all make for a complex, yet necessary, transition to open banking in the age of PSD2, according to Maria Allen, global head of financial services for Unisys.

The bank launched Finn in an effort to attract millennials. But there were problems with how it implemented the digital-only brand, experts said.

The agency's vote Thursday threatens to block many of the industry's communications with customers, though banks did win one concession.

The U.S. still relies on antiquated payment processing technologies while other countries can process in real time. What's the holdup?

Boston-based Trio is openly offering its cash management account as capital at risk, offering big incentives if consumers agree to sign up for an uninsured account.

With big banks investing heavily in IT, credit unions will have to be nimble and streamlined if they hope to compete.

Organized crime groups are selling access to the computer networks of financial firms like Bank of America Corp. and hacking tools targeting these companies, according to a British researcher who posed as a buyer on several dark web marketplaces.

Vetting transactions has become complicated as merchants try to juggle user experience and risk. Tokenization can remove some of that complexity, argues Andre Stoorvogel, a director at Rambus.

On-demand wage delivery has caught on in other industries. Banks have taken notice.

State Street, BNY Mellon, UBS and Credit Suisse are among the banks that have created a company to bring their idea of a utility settlement coin to life.

Credit card issuers are wrong about why card balances are falling — fintechs are luring customers away, according to Wayne Best, Visa's chief economist