The regtech firm Arachnys, which recently raised $10 million from QED Investors and others, draws from a collection of 23,000 data sources to help banks protect themselves from money launderers and other criminals.

Know how many different ways customers can ask a virtual assistant to move money between accounts? The answer is one of Bank of America’s takeaways from a lot of trial and error this year in launching voice-activated services.

Mike Cagney’s current venture, Figure Technologies, is offering consumers the ability to apply online for home equity loans and get funding in as little as five days.

Several other recent hires may have been an attempt to refute charges it can’t attract top talent; rising rates have helped banks, but a reckoning awaits.

Some mortgage lenders are tapping artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve operational efficiency and enhance the borrower experience, but complexities do exist in implementing the technology.

To personalize products and services, banks are now tracking all sorts of alternative data sources, even the manner in which customers type in mobile banking apps.

Banks and merchants are rapidly deploying chatbots for answering basic account questions, shopping and accessing the internet of things. But new data suggests consumers don’t fully trust chatbots yet with payment account details and personal information. Here’s a look at what consumers think of chatbots and why it matters.

Envestnet|Yodlee wants accessing data to be as simple as selecting a song to play, while bringing institutional analytic power to the bank branch level.

Executives at Wells Fargo, BBVA Compass, ATB and Banco Popular share some of the pain points they've encountered as they've implemented artificial intelligence, and how they overcame them.

AI-powered assistants will change the customer experience for the better, but first they must achieve a more human level of service, executives said during a discussion at Finovate.