The rules that govern data are changing rapidly, creating confusion for the companies that use blockchain to support payments, as well as potential investment opportunities for third parties that can ensure compliance.
Traditional credit scoring is under siege from alternative underwriting, and TransUnion is joining the future by investing in other emerging trends such as mobile device security and health care payments.
European financial institutions and central banks, along with critical European banking and payments infrastructure providers, face an increasing onslaught from hackers that has prompted two major responses from the EU.
A long-anticipated financial rule could help law enforcement root out illegal activity, but it requires banks to keep extra-close tabs on certain business clients. That won't be easy.
Details are still scarce about how the payment networks’ universal checkout "button" will look, but each participant will have some branding representation.
The Supreme Court has sided with states in a dispute over sports gambling, a double victory for payment processors, which can use largely existing tools to serve an entirely new market.
Freelance payment companies are taking advantage of the Trump administration's immigration policies, which are starting to drive more work to freelancers in the U.S. and overseas.
The open banking model is not very different from what Amazon brought about in retail. Banks have little choice but to embrace the concept, according to Nick Frankland, managing director of fintech at Legal and General.
