Facebook now lets users log in using a physical token. If banks gave consumers this option, it would strengthen the security of online accounts — or at least bolster their image.

TD Bank's consumer chief Michael Rhodes explains what service means in the digital age, why stress-testing is a good thing and why the bank is in no rush to make another acquisition.

Banks want and need to rival tech giants in their use of customer analytics. Some think artificial intelligence is the key to making it happen.

As Facebook users increasingly deal with personal and payment data, the social media giant is turning to the Security Keys standard hosted through the Faster Identity Online Alliance for stronger authentication.

The deal points a way forward, not only to resolve the debate over screen scraping and ownership of customer data but to redefine banks' value proposition.

Regardless of what happens with the politically uncertain consumer bureau, consumer data access is an example of a CFPB issue that is apolitical.

Customers of JPMorgan Chase will no longer have to surrender their bank credentials in order to use Intuit products like Mint, TurboTax or QuickBooks.

Bank customers will be able to check information on Mint, TurboTax and QuickBooks without sharing their JPM passwords; Treasury secretary nominee says regulation should account for bank "complexity and activity"

The breaches at large retailers and other companies are continuing, making it time to fully embrace a new authentication method.

The fleet card provider WEX isn't sure how blockchain can help its business, but it's confident enough in the technology's promise to move forward.

Fraudsters are licking their chops at the thought of infiltrating person-to-person payment systems and enabling a never-ending flow of small-value transactions — with the potential to strike bigger accounts.

President Trump's campaign to keep jobs in the U.S. could leave bankers worried about their outsourcing IT functions. They are an unlikely target.

Wealthsimple is backed by the same investor, Power Financial, that last year injected $75 million into Personal Capital.

New York-based security company Hypr Corp. is working to use biometric authentication as a glue for the currently fragmented state of mobile and online payments.

The plan to offer special-purpose national charters to fintech companies is a one-size-fits-all approach that could prove detrimental to the growth of startups.

Fraudsters are licking their chops at the thought of infiltrating person-to-person payment systems and enabling a never-ending flow of small-value transactions — with the potential to strike bigger accounts.

If the new White House engages in the same process of listening to and researching the fintech industry that President Obama initiated eight years ago, startups should just take a pass.

A pair of technology entrepreneurs hopes the flexibility provided by mobile technology and open development tools can finally kill off the stale authentication method.

In markets such as Africa there's a huge market for mobile payments, but a regulatory environment that has not caught up

Banks are becoming more comfortable with robotic process automation and could use it overhaul everything from the payroll functions to advising customers.