Digital payments

'Crossover hiring' can address the gender gap in fintech

03/12/20

As the fintech industry looks for ways to bring on more women, crossover hiring — recruiting from traditional financial services firms to fintechs — has emerged as an effective strategy, Donna Parisi of Shearman & Sterling and Michelle Tran of NYC Fintech Women write.

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We shouldn't have to wait for FedNow to have faster payments

02/28/20

The Fed can take steps now to speed up existing networks.

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Mnuchin's late to the crypto regulation party

02/21/20

The Treasury secretary's statements are a sign that government agencies are still in the early stages of understanding this fundamentally new technology.

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HSBC plan sidesteps CEO question; Bloomberg would toughen bank regulations

02/19/20

The overhaul calls for massive job cuts but leaves interim CEO Noel Quinn’s permanent role in limbo; the program would throw out most of Trump’s Dodd-Frank rollbacks.

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Treasury renews Comerica contract for benefits program hit by fraud

01/07/20

Comerica Bank won another five-year contract from the Treasury Department to run the prepaid Direct Express card program despite criticism of how it handled past fraud cases and customer service blunders.

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Digital transformation doesn't have to disrupt customer experience

12/24/19

It can be a painful process for a bank to go digital, but there are ways to ease the transition.

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Why PayPal is suing the CFPB over its prepaid card rules

12/12/19

PayPal — which is rarely thought of as a prepaid card company — has filed a lawsuit against the CFPB over its rules on prepaid accounts, underscoring the rapid changes in digital financial services and PayPal’s own expanding financial services ambitions in recent years.

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When open banking and data privacy collide

12/11/19

Banks are increasingly sharing data and must brace for new regulations protecting that data.

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Mobile and web onboarding are two different animals

12/06/19

With customers now having the opportunity to onboard across multiple devices and channels, or even through a call center, the likelihood of an inconsistent experience is drastically increased, Neal Keene of Intelledox says.

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The gaping security holes plaguing real-time payments

12/01/19

Stephen Ranzini, CEO of University Bank, says The Clearing House's RTP and Early Warning's Zelle handle enrollment, encryption and authentication insecurely.

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