Amazon.com Inc. reported a record-breaking holiday season as shoppers loaded their online baskets with items from Echo speakers to Calvin Klein clothes, suggesting consumer optimism isn’t being deterred by a tumbling stock market.

Even the best technologies take time, making it necessary to rein in expectations about what will happen and won't happen in the coming year.

The biggest question is whether new CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger will deviate from the pro-industry policies of her predecessor, or bring continuity.

China's Ant Financial, the Alibaba payments affiliate that operates Alipay, is reportedly in the advanced stages of talks to buy WorldFirst, an international payments provider based in London.

There are steps financial firms can take to protect their customers in the event a major wireless network is compromised, including reconsidering the use of SMS messaging for account authentication.

Names, email, encrypted passwords and information related to Facebook and other networks are all at risk, according to Marty Puranik, CEO of Atlantic.Net.

Utilizing AI and automation will help stop hackers and reduce repetitive jobs, allowing institutions to save money and reinvest more into products for members.

From making cybersecurity a priority to enhanced biometrics, here's what's on the industry's wish list this holiday season.

Blockchain looks set to disrupt the gaming industry, and enable a new way for players and developers to interact with gaming platforms, writes Nicolas Gilot, Co-CEO of Ultra.

Signature Bank on Jan. 1 will open its Signet Platform to support real-time settlement for commercial payments. The bank is collaborating with trueDigital Holdings, a New York-based blockchain infrastructure, exchange and settlement technology company.

CBTX said an unauthorized person obtained personal information for about 7,800 customers.

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The software, which was developed by Feedzai, will eventually block payments that appear to be fraudulent or mistaken.

Prometheum may succeed whether others have failed because it has attempted to work closely with regulators.

The personal finance management tool will allow members to combine accounts from other institutions and track spending.

When so many users trust large companies like Google with their personal data, it's up to these companies to disclose any compromise of the data security as early as possible, writes Aman Khanna, vice president of products for ThumbSignIn.

The promotion of “insured” accounts by nonbanks and fintechs is a worrying trend, because it could leave customers falsely believing their accounts are just as safe as FDIC-insured ones.

Web attacks spike around the holidays, creating a higher risk for malware, phishing and other crime, according to Ryan Wilk, vice president of customer success for NuData Security, a Mastercard company.

The digital ID market has massive potential, but many fundamental problems that must first be overcome. Among them: The companies best positioned to provide a viable digital ID platform are not the ones best positioned to benefit from it.

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