Chain’s Funding Shows Banks’ Faith in Blockchains
The $30 million funding of blockchain startup Chain, which included capital from a number of financial institutions including Visa, Citi...
Payments
Does Google Wallet’s P2P Pivot Matter?
Android Pay, which begins rolling out today, has not killed Google Wallet as many assumed it would. Instead, Google Wallet today...
Visa Europe Hits 1.1 Billion of Contactless Transactions
Visa Europe has "just reached" 1.1 billion contactless transactions on the Continent in the past 12 months, the payments network...
Apple Offers iPhone Loan Plan from Citizens Bank (But No Apple Pay News)
Apple offered at its September "special event" today a credit plan for its phones backed by Citizens Bank. But where...
Here’s a Peek at ING’s Fintech Focus
Those Dutch know how to fintech. From Rabobank to Adyen to ABN Amro (or at least before it imploded with...
Simple Goes Fee-Free
Simple has gone the way of Dwolla -- it's completely fee-free. Simple's free policy went into effect today. The BBVA-owned banking...
New York FinTech Can’t Shake Wall Street Traders
Sorry, consumers, the FinTech scene in New York isn't about you; it's about Wall Street traders. That was the upshot...
Dwolla Is ‘Happy to Be the Pipes’ of the Payment System
Not so long ago bankers feared that fintech insurgents like Dwolla wanted to turn FIs into "dumb pipes" moving money...
What Banks Can Learn From the Decline of Apple Pay
Around this time last year, the payments industry waited with much anticipation as Apple prepared to announce a move into...
‘Secret’ Bitcoin Meeting in Montreal [VIDEO]
A "secret" meeting will take place in Montreal soon to hash out bitcoin protocol issues, like expanding the blockchain size....
