Top 5 Emerging Fintech Hubs in The U.S.
Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the...
Payments
Growing Debit Card Use Crushes Mobile Wallets
Mobile wallets may be all the buzz, but debit cards were still the most popular of payment method in the...
Tencent Will Increase Investment in Payments, AI
Tencent Holdings will be increasing its investments in financial technologies like artificial technologies and in payments, the company stated during...
TransferWise Continues Neobank Plans, Launches Borderless Accounts in Canada
Fintech TransferWise is moving forward with its plan to reach neobank status, by rolling out its Borderless service to more...
New Products, New Retailers: Affirm is on a Roll
This has been a good year for Affirm, the lending startup established by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin. The San Francisco-based...
Bitcoin Price Drops, Then Again Pops Over $4,000
Bitcoin’s price has been up and down today, swinging wildly from its more than $4,400 high to about $3,900, before...
Beijing Allows Subway Riders — Except Apple Users — to Pay with Smartphones
The Beijing subway is now allowing consumers to pay for rides with their smartphones -- that is, unless they are...
Why Sweden is Dominating the Retail Payments Industry
Many countries have joined the rush to go cashless by promoting wider adoption of digital payments and legalizing cryptocurrencies. Still,...
Wells Fargo Seeks Partnerships to Give Mobile Users Better Experience
Wells Fargo has been going through a rough patch lately, but the bank itself is focused on moving forward. This...
Payments app Curve Prepping for Its Consumer Rollout, Ops Chief Says
Between keeping business users happy, integrating new technologies into the app, and preparing for an upcoming consumer rollout, Curve's new...
