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...
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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...
2016 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping the Future of Banking
Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture...
Brexit Jolts Fintech, Launches Era of Banking Uncertainty
In a stunning vote, British citizens decided to leave the European Union, and the so-called Brexit has not just profound...
Finovate Has Been Sold to Corporate Giant Informa
The Finovate Group, the fintech event and information venture, has been sold to Informa Plc. The sale closed in April, but...
2016 Innovators to Watch: 1 to 5
1. Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and...
Ally Adds Android Pay and Samsung Pay to Boost Mobile Payments
Ally Bank belongs to the "open-wallet camp," for now. The online bank introduced Android Pay and Samsung Pay integration for...
