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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Consumer Financial Protection Agency Acting Director Mick Mulvaney is winding down some of the efforts his predecessor worked hardest on: enforcement of payday and fair lending rules and the Military Lending Act. Reporter Kate Berry shares the latest.
October 25 -
A new credit score that includes consumers' cash flow alongside their credit score is winning praise for its potential to help expand access to credit, but some worry it gives the credit bureaus even more data that could be compromised.
October 23 -
The challenger bank is “rebundling” banking, offering more pieces of traditional financial services for a flat monthly fee.
October 22 -
The bank will still use GoTo, an app consumers can use to communicate with a personal banker, but no longer own the Pivotus subsidiary that created it.
October 22 -
At Barclays' fintech accelerator, this year's class has fresh takes on personal financial management, recruiting and trade finance.
October 21 -
Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup and other banks have joined forces with fintechs and data aggregators to create the Financial Data Exchange, which aims to resolve the fight over sharing customer information.
October 18 -
Regtech — the intersection of regulatory compliance and financial innovation — is still taking shape in the U.S with some pushing for "tech sprints" to speed the development of new tools, while some see new threats and opportunities looming in the space. Following is a look at hot-button topics at American Banker's RegTech summit.
October 17 -
Parents with small children often don’t know about college savings accounts, according to U-Nest founder Ksenia Yudin.
October 16 -
What the bank is doing differently with its personal financial management tools could be instructive to the many institutions that haven’t gained much traction with similar offerings.
October 15 -
Brian Behlendorf, the executive director of Hyperledger, explains why Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance have joined each other’s organizations.
October 11
