Daniel Wolfe is content director for payments and credit unions at American Banker. He was previously editor-in-chief of PaymentsSource, a sister publication that combined with American Banker in 2021. Prior to that, Daniel held roles at American Banker including tech and risk management editor; technology, cards and payments editor; and technology reporter. He has a master's degree in print journalism from Boston University's College of Communication and a bachelor's degree in English from SUNY Binghamton.
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Regulation, credit quality and AI-fueled fraud are among the big concerns for banks and payment companies.
By Daniel WolfeMay 14 -
GLS had already stopped issuing first-use plastic as of 2018, but it wasn't enough for the eco-minded German bank. Fake plastic still looks and feels like plastic.
By Daniel WolfeApril 29 -
Companies are taking vastly different approaches to how they implement generative AI, whether it's to empower employees or to overhaul the way they bring products to market.
By Daniel WolfeApril 15 -
To protect their own talent pipeline, financial companies need to make sure that they're not only protecting the entry-level roles that AI threatens to take over, but getting the enthusiastic buy-in of the people most likely to be affected, according to experts from Fiserv, Segpay and Featurespace.
By Daniel WolfeApril 11 -
It's a substance that literally grows on trees, and is just as compostable. But like any other proposed alternative to first-use plastic, wood comes at a premium to any issuers that want to adopt it.
By Daniel WolfeApril 9 -
The bank is launching KeyVAM, a virtual account management offering it designed with fintech Qolo. Both companies said the nature of the relationship was as important as the technology it produced.
By Daniel WolfeMarch 28 -
The launch of Apple Pay a decade ago set the tone for how the tech giant would interact with banks and credit unions in the years to come. The Justice Department is now pushing back.
By Daniel WolfeMarch 22 -
As companies downsize and restructure, American Banker is tracking these decisions to help our readers understand how their industries are adapting.
By Daniel WolfeJanuary 25 -
Companies like NCR Voyix, Salesforce and Sainsbury's are keen to deploy technology that used to be science fiction — such as scanning a shopper's eyes to access their accounts, or using AI to streamline checkout.
By Daniel WolfeJanuary 19 -
The retail giants are testing the limits of what customers will allow a generative AI system to do before making a payment.
By Daniel WolfeJanuary 18