Will Hernandez

The prepaid card pioneer's banking-as-a-service platform might make it an attractive acquisition for an enterprise technology giant or bank, analysts say.

Deposit Solutions says lenders can use its platform to acquire customers at little expense.

A new system uses biometrics and distributed ledger technology to safeguard call centers from identity theft attacks.

The SoFi co-founder said Figure Technologies is working with national banks to employ its distributed ledger tech for loan originations.

The startup Rho argues that small firms still have unmet needs, especially tracking cash flow in real time.

The challenger bank might use the proceeds from its latest funding round to buy other fintechs that would allow it to add more products and services, its CEO said.

The online lender, which has received state approval to establish a virtual currency business, can now offer a full range of investment services — including trading in digital assets — in New York.

Wealthfront will add third-party mortgages to its investing platform, while Varo Money says robo advice and mortgages are in its long-term plans.

The Clearing House argues that participants in payments transactions could share far more invoice information over its real-time network.

Axos Bank favors remote access over chatbots, as it connects bankers with online customers in real time.

Consumer trust issues have long been a stumbling block for challenger banks, but many say Google will face bigger obstacles.

The State Bank Group and The Provident Bank are backing Neocova, which focuses on community banks.

HMBradley will assign interest rates according to how much customers set aside from direct deposits each month.

Tanushree Luke played a key role in Capital One's use of a conversational artificial intelligence technology known as Eno, and she previously worked for the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The financial services industry has struggled with how best to explain privacy and data-sharing practices to customers. Mastercard is offering a new framework.

Taking a page from fintech competitors, banks have worked to enrich the small-business app experience.

Startups are increasingly expanding into new areas with their bank partners in an effort to broaden their customer base and bring products to market faster.

Outages last week at Chime and Varo Money have executives on the defensive.

The Toronto-based bank has hired 1,200 people across five countries in North and South America to focus on digital features.

The payments processor Galileo suffered what it described as an "operational incident" that caused more than 24 hours of outages at the fintechs Chime and Varo Money.