Penny Crosman

Data scientists from NASA, Google and hundreds of other places are working for financial firms in their spare time. Is this a good idea?

Brian Knight at George Mason University says fintechs will be held accountable for legal violations in sandboxes — and banks can use sandboxes, too.

The online student lender said it is reallocating some jobs and "sunsetting" others.

The large core banking software vendors are already criticized as large and slow-moving. Consolidations like these are only likely to make them more so.

The large core banking software vendors are already criticized as large and slow-moving. Consolidations like these are only likely to make them more so.

Its mobile banking app comes with bank accounts, merchant accounts, and instant credit on invoices. Behind it is a network of community banks that will gather the deposits the app brings in.

Americans are living longer yet retiring earlier and saving less, says Matt Fellowes, CEO and founder of United Income. But there's no need to panic.

Its savings, budgeting, spending and goal-setting tools, combined with artificial intelligence to add smart insights and advice, are a good example of how regional banks are trying to distinguish their mobile products from those of bigger banks with larger tech budgets.

The U.S. online lender provides credit lines of up to $150,000 to small businesses that shop at Alibaba.com.

Todder Moning of U.S. Bank scoured the 2.7 million square feet of the Consumer Electronics Show this week. Here’s what he liked, what he thinks bankers could work with ... and what he thought was weird.