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Binance Hack Tests Its Pledge to Cover Customer Losses

October 30, 2026
Binance
Better Technology Alone Won’t Give Software the Final Say
Payments Innovation // October 29, 2026

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Maverick Payments’ Bill Christensen The human who approves a merchant account may eventually review fewer files, but the cases left on that person’s desk will demand more judgment. For Bill Christensen, senior vice president of risk and underwriting...

Businesses Believe in Payment Guarantees but Few Actually Use Them
B2B Payments // October 28, 2026

Businesses have spent years investing in systems designed to determine whether a payment is legitimate. Fewer have invested in ensuring that a legitimate payment actually arrives. Just 13% of firms use payment guarantees, despite the PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Payment Guarantee Gap: Why Adoption Lags...

Fraudsters Leave Patterns, and AWS Wants AI to Follow Them
Fraud Prevention // October 27, 2026

Fraud attacks can now be assembled with commercially packaged software, distributed across accounts and devices, and altered faster than banks can rewrite a conventional fraud rule. “We’re seeing fraudsters leverage commoditized SaaS toolkits sold on dark web marketplaces to orchestrate scams, card testing attacks and...

TD Bank Taps Akoya to Power Secure Open Banking API Access
Partnerships // October 23, 2026

TD Bank U.S. and data network Akoya are collaborating to help financial apps and data providers connect to TD through secure APIs, the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release. The companies will accomplish this by deploying Akoya’s Open Finance Solution (OFS), which...

Interviews & Exclusives
Better Technology Alone Won’t Give Software the Final Say

October 29, 2026
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Maverick Payments’ Bill Christensen The human who approves a merchant account may eventually review fewer files, but the cases left on that person’s desk will demand more judgment. For Bill Christensen, senior vice president of risk and underwriting at Maverick Payments, the approval most likely to remain with […]

Businesses Believe in Payment Guarantees but Few Actually Use Them

October 28, 2026
Businesses have spent years investing in systems designed to determine whether a payment is legitimate. Fewer have invested in ensuring that a legitimate payment actually arrives. Just 13% of firms...

Fraudsters Leave Patterns, and AWS Wants AI to Follow Them

October 27, 2026
Fraud attacks can now be assembled with commercially packaged software, distributed across accounts and devices, and altered faster than banks can rewrite a conventional fraud rule. “We’re seeing fraudsters leverage...

Banks’ Growing Fraud Tech Stacks Create an Integration Challenge

October 20, 2026
Banks have plenty of fraud technology, but getting all of it to work as a cohesive line of defense is becoming a problem. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Scams Get Personal:...

Quick Reads
TD Bank Taps Akoya to Power Secure Open Banking API Access

October 23, 2026
TD Bank U.S. and data network Akoya are collaborating to help financial apps and data providers connect to TD through secure APIs, the companies said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release. The companies will accomplish this by deploying Akoya’s Open Finance Solution (OFS), which includes API infrastructure and operational support for connecting financial institutions […]

Rhode Island Lawsuit Claims Meta Knowingly Profits From Financial Scam Ads

October 23, 2026
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha sued Meta Thursday (Oct. 22), alleging that the company fails to block advertisements for fraudulent products and financial scams on its platforms, Neronha...

AI Security Demand Propels 1Password ARR Past $500 Million

October 22, 2026
Identity security firm 1Password has seen its annual recurring revenue increase 90% year-over-year to over $500 million, driven by customers’ need to secure the artificial intelligence agents and workflows they...

Fifth Third Plans to Beat AI Disruptors at Their Own Game

October 19, 2026
The banking industry will respond to the rise of artificial intelligence-driven cash optimization tools by using relationships with customers and offering the same services these tools offer, with the added...