FinTech

Financial technology, often shortened to fintech, is the technology and innovation that aims to compete with traditional financial methods in the delivery of financial services. It is an emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance.

i2c Wants Payments Executives to Worry Smarter
i2c Wants Payments Executives to Worry Smarter
August 25, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Jason Goldberg of i2c Payments executives have always had reasons to be paranoid. The trouble now is deciding...

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UK FinTech Funding Drops to Lowest Level in Decade
UK FinTech Funding Drops to Lowest Level in Decade
August 24, 2026  |  Investments

U.K. FinTech investments have reached a 10-year low amid an overall jump in funding. British financial technology firms took in around $2.5 billion during the...

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Issuer Processors Expand From Cards Into Accounts and Money Movement
Issuer Processors Expand From Cards Into Accounts and Money Movement
August 21, 2026  |  Payment Methods

The card-issuing platforms that grew up alongside, and serving, FinTechs are following their customers into businesses that have little to do with issuing another card....

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Reusable FinTech Certification Could Streamline Bank Due Diligence
Reusable FinTech Certification Could Streamline Bank Due Diligence
August 19, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

Banks repeatedly perform similar due diligence on technology providers, and an industry-standards effort involving the federal regulators would make portions of that work reusable across...

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Banks Target Repeat Checks That Drive Customers Away
Banks Target Repeat Checks That Drive Customers Away
August 19, 2026  |  Digital Identity

A Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)-observed pilot is testing whether completed customer verification work can be documented in standardized records and evaluated by other financial...

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FDIC Mulls Standards Body to Streamline Bank-FinTech Oversight
FDIC Mulls Standards Body to Streamline Bank-FinTech Oversight
August 19, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is considering an industry-led standards organization that could certify FinTech companies and other bank service providers against common risk-management benchmarks,...

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Crypto Trade Group Backs Custodia’s Supreme Court Bid
Crypto Trade Group Backs Custodia’s Supreme Court Bid
August 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Blockchain Association is urging the Supreme Court to take up Custodia Bank’s long-running fight for access to the Federal Reserve’s payment system, warning that...

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Monzo Chair Departs Following Last Year’s Shareholder Backlash
Monzo Chair Departs Following Last Year’s Shareholder Backlash
August 18, 2026  |  Banking

Monzo’s chairman is  departing the British neobank months after shareholders lobbied for his removal. Gary Hoffman, who joined Monzo in 2019, will leave his post...

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Regulators Have 90 Days to Rewrite FinTech Rules
Regulators Have 90 Days to Rewrite FinTech Rules
August 17, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

A federal review that could influence how FinTech firms partner with banks, pursue charters and reach the payment system comes due Monday (Aug. 17), although...

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