The delay has analysts worried that Customers Bancorp will also postpone the sale of BankMobile, which was slated to take place during the first quarter.

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Quickly keeping customers informed about an attack is among the principles banks must adopt to mitigate the fallout.

Cashless payments provider SIX Payment Services has launched a virtual PayLife credit card for making mobile payments in Austria.

The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has introduced real-time payments leveraging blockchain technology from Ripple, providing a new approach for the bank’s UAE-based customers to send and receive payments across borders.

By partnering with Intuit, Wells Fargo is continuing its journey toward API-based data sharing, and away from screen scraping.

The wave of technology that's turned card swipes into dips, phones into wallets and micro merchants into global sellers will proliferate, says Andrew Rueff of Waud, a Chicago-based private equity firm.

The U.S. government and banks face similar challenges in implementing a biometrics identity system. Both should study what other countries are already doing.

Dorothy Savarese and Rebeca Romero Rainey now chair two important trade groups … Mary Lynn Lenz, Patti Husic and Terry Jorde weigh in; Barclays CEO Jes Staley talks hiring diverse leaders and how to keep them; and more.

Data breaches at financial institutions dropped by 26% in 2016, but breaches as a whole were up significantly.

With its WaveShades, Visa engages in a delicate balancing act of making its new payment wearable cool and trendy as any other fashion accessory without invoking the geekiness of the ill-fated Google Glass.

People are warming up to mobile payment apps like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, but concerns over fraud and ID theft could still pose headwinds.

The use of one-time tokens has picked up steam in the past year, especially with merchant groups waiting for EMVCo to release specifications for a payment account reference.

Several groups are developing real-time payments systems for the U.S., and most everyone agrees success is inevitable, but how quickly they can make enough progress to satisfy consumers is a point of contention.

Users can set up organizations specific to money transfers for events or groups, allowing invitations to be sent to up to 50 people through a text message or push notification.

Banks are checking vendors' security practices; Mnuchin appointment to Treasury put on hold as Democrats stall.

Cambridge Blockchain, a startup that bills its technology as a solution for banks to the competing regulatory imperatives of transparency and privacy, has raised $2 million through a convertible note.

Messenger bots, an artificial intelligence-driven application, can respond to customer queries over social messaging platforms. Bot interactions attract a consumer who is engaged and interested in pursuing a transaction.

The president's executive order reflects a lack of trust in the identity information shared between countries. In theory, blockchains are tailor-made to solve this problem, but current systems may not be up to the task.

The bank's next big challenge is to find a place where the emerging technology best fits its needs.