Fintech

Central banks are getting on the digital currency bandwagon.

Sports teams find new ways to engage their customers.

Blockchain is making inroads with mainstream financial institutions.

Silicon Valley is teaming up with the world's biggest banks.

Singapore is a global leader in fintech innovation.

Uber is moving aggressively into payments.

Banks seek partners to innovate since they have trouble doing it on their own.

Russian consumers are increasingly turning to e-wallets because of their speed and security.

Facebook's new currency faces regulatory hurdles.

The fast expanding cryptocurrency market urgently needs accounting guidance. But powerful bodies like the IASB are still figuring it out.

The EU's alternative to Paypal is off to a slow start.

Though still relatively new themselves, the world’s top fintech labs are helping startups, banks and governments devise fresh solutions and uncover untapped opportunities.

Financial institutions are pushing the benefits of going cashless, but many users remain wary.

Blockchain technology is speeding up trade-finance transactions. But there’s more work needed to scale up and develop common standards.

Fearing loss of revenue as their business customers push to go paperless, Asia’s banking giants are forging new partnerships.

Fintech M&As broke records last year.

Sarah I. Hody, an attorney in the Palo Alto office of law firm Perkins Coie, talks to Global Finance about fintech regulation and how the blockchain is impacting corporate interactions.

Smartphone-only bank makes a splash in the US.

James Stickland is CEO of Veridium, a company focused on an authentication platform that uses biometrics. He speaks with Global Finance about fintech, cybersecurity and the wisdom of border walls.

India allows some crypto technologies but not others.