The larger the business grows, the more difficult and time-consuming it will be to make the fundamental changes required, according to Justin Shipe, vice president of information security for CardConnect, and Aaron Largent, director of infrastructure for CardConnect.

Vendors keep merging, and new ones keep forming. For banks, the change brings access to more options, but shorter relationships.

The U.K.’s Food Standard Agency completed its first successful blockchain pilot this month, with plans to expand the test in August.

The Trump administration is making more than 80 recommendations to encourage financial innovation within a regulated space, including endorsing the creation of a federal fintech charter.

Paying international suppliers through a bank portal is a painful, expensive process that creates unnecessary friction for burgeoning cross-border trade. There are better fintech alternatives, writes Karla Friede, CEO of Nvoicepay.

Visa has partnered with U.S.-based fintech novae to launch an omnichannel digital rewards platform for Visa card-issuing banks in Latin America and the Caribbean. The collaboration with San Francisco-based Novae is an example of the card network's open approach to fintech.

Time is running out to apply to win one of Credit Union Journal's Best Practices Awards.

The credit union service organization focuses on predictive modeling, business intelligence and technology services.

Some startups are eschewing San Francisco and New York to set up shop in the middle of America. And for good reason.

TransferMate, a cross-border B2B payments service, has received a $25 million investment from ING Group N.V. to accelerate its global expansion.

In a post-Equifax world, independent sales organizations, acquirers and payment processors are under much more scrutiny over merchant account applications and underwriting.

The cryptocurrency-focused merchant bank Galaxy Digital, led by a former Goldman Sachs partner, will start trading on a Toronto exchange this week. Its journey is a cautionary tale in regulatory risk.

Banks should continually try out new technologies, even after failed experiments.

As smaller screens and internet-of-things devices become more prominent, credit providers will have to find a way to accept personal information without the convenience of a terminal and keyboard.

Banks that have decided to use Hyperledger Fabric now have a place to find apps that run on it — apps that someone else has tested. The store, LedgerConnect, is also meant to give vendors a way to distribute their wares to banks.

Merchants looking at third-party fraud services should also for detailed information regarding their modus operandi and results, including the steps they take to protect clients' data, according to Bernardo Lustosa, co-founder and COO of ClearSale.

Federal bank regulators consider roughly a dozen new rules; firms tout tools to help financial institutions bank legal marijuana-related businesses; Mick Mulvaney defends CFPB enforcement powers; and more from this week's most-read stories.

A community bank in Virginia thought the $2.4 million hackers stole from its customers would be fully covered by its insurance policy, but its carrier begged to differ. Their highly technical legal fight is a cautionary tale for all bankers who assume they are sufficiently covered.

Small banks are being warned to slow down mobile tool development and check vendor arrangements, as researchers repeatedly find vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cybercriminals.

Launch Federal Credit Union, $781 million institution based in Merritt Island, Fla., has signed an agreement with San Diego-based Corelation Inc., to convert to its KeyStone core processing system February 2019.