A look at how some CUs are using data analytics to improve operations and boost business.

Heather Tuason is now chief product officer of StreetShares, an online lending and investing platform.

West Milton State Bank uses biometrics for employees to log in to workstations, saying it is quicker and more secure than passwords.

NCR Corp. says new ATM software it has placed in units at a European bank will "future proof" the machines and deliver more functions in an advancing contactless payment world.

Technology CUSO is designed to help credit unions improve systems innovation, service delivery.

The difference between regular credit card applicants and fraudsters is experience — scammers know their way around an application form.

Point-to-point encryption (P2PE) advanced with the Payment Card Industry data security standard's updated guidelines in 2015, but the technology has not held the spotlight much since then.

As banks press for deregulation, the debate over whether high bank capital standards are inhibiting loan growth has taken center stage.

Do customers want to log in to mobile banking by snapping a picture of their eye? Bank of America will spend the next six weeks finding out.

Quantitative investors, starved for trading signals that can be spun into gold, are pressuring the finance firms they work with to grant them access to proprietary information.

Digital blockchain tokens can be naked instruments for profit-sharing among investors, but other types are directly linked to building network infrastructure. Their creation and sale must be unimpeded by regulation.

Using historical patterns to predict the next financial success or crisis seems rational. But beware the human psyche’s tendency to concoct order out of randomness.

The development and adoption of technology too often move at different rates in the payments industry, creating a need to manage usage that is out of sync with expectations.

Sam Maule is set to head up North America expansion for 11:FS.

A San Francisco startup working with Swift plans to launch a network that would tie self-executing contracts to independent data sources.

Under PSD2, banks are expected to admit all vetted comers, but how they will connect to them is up to the individual parties, writes Raz Rafaeli, CEO of Secret Double Octopus.

If everyone has a universal digital identity, the documents that identify us in the physical world will no longer be necessary, writes Michael Gorriz, group chief information officer for Standard Chartered Bank.

As technology around us evolves to be more pervasive but less intrusive, the interface between devices and the world around us is adapting to mimic and recognize human senses such as voice and sight.

As the digital age reduces the wear on physical cards, how is it that some consumers are requesting new cards more frequently?

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