Penny Crosman is Executive Editor, Technology at American Banker and its publisher, Arizent. Prior to taking on this role, she was Editor in Chief of Bank Technology News. She has held senior editorial roles at Bank Systems & Technology, Wall Street & Technology, Intelligent Enterprise, Network Magazine and Imaging Magazine.
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The fintech credit card provider is pitching to banks the same software it uses to determine borrowers' creditworthiness. But whether banks are ready for technology that emphasizes cash-flow analysis over traditional credit scoring is open to debate.
April 28 -
Like many banks, TD Bank Group had to move swiftly to spin up new self-service tools tied to chat channels, e-signatures and PPP lending. Innovation chief Michael Rhodes will continue the faster financial approval and development cycles that COVID necessitated.
April 27 -
The move is in response to institutional investors' increasing demand for cryptocurrency services. The company also has invested in a firm that tokenizes assets, it and says it's been selected to administer a bitcoin exchange-traded fund.
April 27 -
The technology is simulating the work of teams of analysts and traders to pick stocks and rebalance asset allocations in the bank's newest investment index.
April 26 -
Ken Meyer, who will speak at American Banker's Digital Banking AI & Automation conference next week, says banks should be able to quickly catch up with big technology companies and financial services upstarts in the adoption of artificial intelligence without alienating customers or running afoul of regulators.
April 22 -
A European Union plan would require rigorous data-quality checks and testing of applications of artificial intelligence that it says violate consumers' privacy and other rights.
April 21 -
Wells Fargo wants to use the real-time payments network being developed by the Federal Reserve for 24/7 liquidity management. The online-only First Internet Bank aims to use it to help customers manage their bills and cash flow.
April 19 -
The banking giant is using technology to empower corporate customers to keep tabs on and resolve issues with cross-border payments.
April 14 -
AB - TechnologyThe Providence, R.I., bank partners with tech companies like Apple and Microsoft, it has 25 fintech partnerships and it rewards employees for new ideas, says CEO Bruce Van Saun.
April 14 -
The special-purpose bank, licensed by the state of Wyoming, has drawn the support of investors and some policymakers. But banking groups say the digital assets that underlie its business model are highly volatile.
April 12
