Will Bitcoin Halving Grow China’s Already Outsized Influence?
Bitcoin was designed to be decentralized, but as it matures, the currency is moving increasingly toward centralization -- in China. This...
Payments
Realtime Network Grows with Addition of Capital One
Capital One will be the fifth bank to go live with realtime peer-to-peer payments on the clearXchange network, it was announced...
Can Facebook Messenger’s Two New Security Features Help Banks?
Facebook Messenger is increasing its security in a bid to be your primary messaging app -- and maybe your primary banking app,...
Amazon Alexa, Facebook Messenger on Wells Fargo’s Roadmap
Wells Fargo & Co. is keeping busy on the digital payments front this summer. In late May, the bank announced it...
Open Letter to the OCC: Make Real Innovation Possible
A trifling blogger on banking innovation writes to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, despite its historically apathetic...
U.S. Bank Removes Fees on Instant P2P Payments
U.S. Bank has abruptly reversed course on charging for realtime payments via the clearXChange network. Effective yesterday, U.S. Bank customers...
Is ‘Buy with Facebook’ Finally Coming?
Whatever happened to the "Buy with Facebook" button? Back in 2014, Stripe confirmed that it was working with Facebook on a...
How Amex Is Going After Banks with Its New SMB Lending
American Express is taking a page from Square's book and launching an online platform for small business loans of up...
MasterCard, Microsoft Integrate Cloud Services
MasterCard has partnered with Microsoft to integrate its cloud-based payments platform with the tech giant’s cloud-based ERP solution, the companies...
Citi Appears to Be Pursuing Deal with Square Cash
Is Citigroup going to partner with Square to offer the startup's peer-to-peer payments service to Citi customers? That's the implication...
