Blockchain technology can make it easier to validate a patient's HSA information, for example — helping speed along the process despite the traditional data validation hurdle they may face otherwise in this situation, writes Bruce Silcoff, CEO of Shyft Network.

The banking agencies should expand the use of regulatory sandboxes to keep pace with international counterparts.

To remain competitive, retailers must always have one eye on the future. Mobile wallets offer a strategic platform for retailers to harness and promote emerging payment models, writes Julian Wallis, retail director at Rambus.

Companies founded by women receive significantly less than the venture capital available to all U.S. firms, but trends are improving for all startups this year, including for women-owned fintechs.

Readers react to an argument about reining in banker pay, weigh the push for raising the minimum wage, respond to Wells Fargo getting back into the private-label securities market and more.

The groups argue the proposal, which would provide certain legal safe harbors to participating companies, exceeds the CFPB’s statutory authority and would put consumers at greater risk.

Know how many different ways customers can ask a virtual assistant to move money between accounts? The answer is one of Bank of America’s takeaways from a lot of trial and error this year in launching voice-activated services.

The Federal Reserve System is trying to be proactive in these and other high-profile areas, offering educational materials and coaching to bank execs and directors, according to supervision officials at the St. Louis and Richmond Fed banks.

The payment landscape is still very fragmented with local solutions holding their own against global giants and new technologies such as AI and blockchain keeping the payments market very enterprising, writes Eva Murphy Ryan, trade development executive for financial services and technology at Enterprise Ireland New York.

Brian Behlendorf, the executive director of Hyperledger, explains why Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance have joined each other’s organizations. 

The San Francisco challenger bank is adding 150,000 customers per month and plans to expand its financial product offerings.

Mike Cagney’s current venture, Figure Technologies, is offering consumers the ability to apply online for home equity loans and get funding in as little as five days.

A California man who says he unwittingly helped Russia conduct a disinformation campaign on social media before the 2016 U.S. presidential election has been sentenced to six months in prison and another six months of home confinement.

For bankers and network providers, it’s a given that moving to a real-time payment system like Zelle will lead to an increase in fraud attempts. Here's a look at the ways they're fighting back.

The cryptocurrency boom has encouraged attackers to expand their focus from other methods such as utilizing malware to steal data and impose ransoms or launching a disruptive DDoS attack, to employing tools and techniques to gain access to the computing power of enterprises to generate cryptocurrency payouts, writes Carolyn Crandall, chief deception officer at Attivo Networks.

Promoting diversity must go beyond putting women in the C-suite. It’s about creating products and practices that help support and elevate those who tend to be overlooked.

The Miami-area credit union is the latest to migrate to Sharetec's core banking platform.

Slower-than-expected lending and "lackluster" trading could be concerns; new CEO David Solomon sets his sights on fixed income.

It's difficult to predict exactly what might be the next threat to the financial system. Here's a roundup of some prime suspects.

Members can play an integral role in helping credit unions fight fraud, but only if they have the right training.