Opinions

New data analytics could help provide more comfort to banks in doing business with the cannabis industry, despite restrictive federal laws.

The CFPB has promised an equal-access rule for small-business lending for nearly a decade. But Apple’s recent discrimination inquiry into its credit card could force the agency’s hand.

New fintechs, particularly those that handle data, will falter without transparency and information stewardship, says AvidXchange's Steve Boehm.

It is important to understand how bias may be found naturally in your own existing customer base, and how this may affect your inferences, since these naturally need checks and balances to avoid sampling bias, argues Callsign's Stuart Dobbie.

The complexity of solutions leaves a space for outside competitors to gain share, says Token's Todd Clyde.

As deployments accelerate it's hard to ignore the validity of cryptocurrency. But there's still work to do, says Polyient Labs' Brad Robertson.

A basket of currencies will include a mix of national interests and involve internal and external politics, says Stasis' Gregory Klumov.

The blockchain has the potential to disrupt any industry sector, leaving in its wake a more effective system where people get to own the value they create, says PayStand's Jeremy Almond.

China dominates the business. Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency could help alter the balance of power.

Payroll processing provides the same kinds of efficiencies that can streamline procure-to-pay systems, says Nvoicepay's Jim Wright.