Banks say easing rules on people with some criminal records will diversify the applicant pool; deal with Synchrony may be near.

Machine-to-machine payments and AI are paving the way for dynamic and rapidly adapting ecosystems, and it’s an exciting time to be in the payments industry. However, with all the transformation, financial institutions and regulators should be aware of the latest developments to adequately shift their strategies, writes Martin Amend, a senior consultant at Capco.

CariClub crunches employee data to connect young banking professionals with nonprofits on the hunt for junior directors.

New York's former banking superintendent will spend much of the next three months advising fintech startups on how to cope with regulators.

The online lender's recent completion of a $700 million securitization provided Jonathan Ebinger at BlueRun Ventures an opportunity to reflect on what he has learned about the power of alternative data.

The San Francisco fintech, which uses artificial intelligence to make consumer credit decisions, has raised an additional $50 million. It also announced new partnerships with lenders and plans for a credit card.

Many U.S. banks, especially in Florida, are struggling to comply with U.S. sanctions against the Maduro regime. Some argue artificial intelligence can make it easier to distinguish between legitimate payments and illicit transactions.

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The bank is one of many to realize that artificial intelligence is only as good as the data fed into it.

Some fintechs have figured out how to provide international students and immigrants with credit cards and loans. Machine learning makes the underwriting possible.