By banding together, banks can negotiate better terms with startups and other tech companies, FIS' chief operating officer says.

The plastic card is an aging tool in payments, but there's still room for innovation in its design and features. Here are a few new concepts that favor technology and style as differentiators.

Readers weigh in the effect of Federal Reserve actions on wealth distribution, how a new startup could reduce overdraft fees, Watson's attempts to catch rogue traders, and more.

The online consumer lender has struggled to bounce back from a scandal that turned its fortunes a year ago.

Wells Fargo is piloting features that could help customers boost savings or plan for a trip.

The move will help consumers directly authorize payments to third parties without providing the physical card or full account details.

The credit union said the conversion is part of its "members first" approach.

Part of Jamie Moldafsky's job at Wells these days it taking an earful on social media, but the immediate feedback offers important lessons about the bank's products and efforts to rehab its image.

Large banks and Nasdaq are applying artificial intelligence to the detection of bad behavior such as fraudulent account openings and market manipulation. The technology may spot misconduct where humans didn’t.

Beyond is a culmination of the many things Carr's done in his life. That includes years spent as as a merchant acquiring executive—Carr was the CEO of Heartland Payment Systems; an author who has advocated for improving conditions for working class Americans while detailing his own challenges growing up in Illinois; and a philanthropist.

General Motors is expanding its collaboration with Mastercard to enable drivers to order and pay from inside their cars. It's further evidence THE thing in Internet of Things is the car. However, the convergence of order-ahead payments and connected vehicles must contend with safety concerns that simply aren't a part of any other digitally connected channel.

Sovrin, a new blockchain for the creation and management of digital identities, may help credit unions save money and fight fraud while returning power to individuals.

Bankers are well aware of the industry transformation taking place. However, they need to convince employees that change is worthwhile before turning reimagined business models into realities.

Restaurants and other hospitality businesses have suffered a series of breaches. E-wallets can provide extra security and marketing heft at the same time.

Blockchain technology requires major change in people and processes and smaller banks need to prepare, according to Joe Dewey, an attorney at Holland & Knight and author of a new book about distributed ledger technology.

The JPMorgan Chase CEO was in rare form at the Milken Institute conference, speaking without a filter on a range of controversial topics.

One analyst says credit unions must reexamine how they negotiate vendor contracts -- including recognizing that sorting out technology contracts may be above the paygrade of some internal IT executives.

Researchers have found serious flaws in the way transport layer security protocols — a longstanding bulwark of online banking — have been modified for mobile apps.

Financial services provider Transamerica has adopted Nuance Communications’ biometrics technology that uses a customer’s voice for authentication.

Big data is a key for banks to better understand what financial products underbanked consumers and small businesses need.