The crypto market has been in bear territory recently, and Facebook's removal of its bitcoin ad ban can help a resumption of cryptocurrency expansion, according to Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group.

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Turnover of chief risk officers is on the rise as CEOs look to add executives whose experience goes far beyond assessing credit risk. Sometimes they are promoting from within, but often they are poaching talent from rival banks.

A new standard would make financial apps work together the way iPhone apps do. Twelve large banks, including JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and RBC, are already using it.

Blockchain provides greater data management tools and improved connections between insurance payments and medical care, says Jeremias Grenzebach, co-founder and core developer at Dentacoin Foundation.

As Nvoicepay expands, the payment automation company is keeping an eye on how it may fall under European data rules that have a knack for requiring compliance even from companies that should be exempt.

Phone-based customer service opens opportunity for voice phishing, or "vishing," and other types of attacks linked to card not present transactions, according to Rafael Lourenco, an executive vice president at ClearSale.

The Illinois commercial bank gained a new role when it realized it shared the same digital transformation challenges as its customers.

Digital Federal Credit Union developed a platform to accelerate fintech development that helps to bake in a valuable partnership between groups that might otherwise be competing with each other.

Whatever the reason that Plaid, a prominent data aggregator, can no longer access data from Capital One, the situation demonstrates how fragile fintechs are when they lose banking access.

The measure, which has been compared to the EU’s new consumer privacy rules, grants Californians new rights over how companies collect and use their personal data.

Fintech partnerships can be tricky, but for credit unions ready to make that leap, several experts have a variety of tips that can help position institutions for success.

Buying a startup or running an accelerator program isn’t enough to help banks truly prepare for the coming digital age.

U.S. Bank is firmly committed to voice assistant technology, but remains cautious about enabling all forms of money movement via verbal commands.

Readers react to Capital One restricting data access, opine on whether or not the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's structure is unconstitutional, weigh in on Rep. Maxine Waters as Financial Services Committee chairman and more.

The bank's Finn app is attracting users by removing complexity from mobile banking.

PayPal has many brands with which it wants to permeate online commerce, but it doesn't need a separate button for each one.

It usually costs small businesses a lot of time and money to calculate their own value. TD Bank is offering them a free digital tool that performs the task quickly.

Disruptive upstarts. Glitches galore. Open banking adoption. Financial institutions are being challenged on multiple fronts — here’s a look at how they’re coping.