Robin Arnfield

The integration of J.P. Morgan's Fusion platform with FactSet aims to give buy-side clients the same level of analytics available to the sell side.

Fintechs and their partner banks are keen to hold the industry to high standards of regulatory compliance in the interests of everyone's reputation.

Industry observers say the U.S. securities industry's migration to next-day settlement in May 2024 was a technology success story, which has encouraged the U.K. and the EU to follow suit.

Regulation and other factors are creating friction for banks and consumers that want to transact in crypto.

Incumbents face the challenge of updating their infrastructure for digital payments, while newcomers are pushing to compete by using artificial intelligence, cloud hosting and other technologies.

The bank will use biometric authentication to streamline checkout in stores starting in 2025. It has already completed internal and external pilots of the technology.

A digital-payment trend that began during the COVID pandemic is being bolstered by features such as rewards and state ID storage.

Despite further delays, the country has taken two key steps to opening up access to its Real-Time Rail, including allowing payment companies to participate without a bank partner, but it has yet to commit to a date for the project to go live.

Walmart sees great opportunities for its PhonePe unit, particularly in how it can boost Cashi, which the retail giant operates in Mexico.

JPMorgan Chase is expanding beyond acquiring in the Canadian small-business market, where it will have to rely on new technologies to be competitive.