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Unilateral approaches to bank regulation are risky, but the OCC's plan to seek public comment independent of the other agencies could help shed light on a CRA debate that is now being waged internally.

Legislation allowing regular bill payments to count toward credit history would solve more problems than some critics fear it would create.

To compete with fintech startups, banks need to find more ways to use the mountains of data already at their disposal.

Small and midsize banks are most at risk as commercial loan volume fails to ignite; the cutbacks are partly the result of lower origination volume.

Selling outside of app stores forces users to deactivate a crucial safeguard which would otherwise prevent the download of potentially malicious apps onto their mobile device, contends Samuel Bakken, senior product marketing manager for OneSpan.

Now is the time for credit unions to recognize the potential for marketing automation and the profound impact it could have on their business.

An OCC charter for fintechs requires firms to meet a “financial inclusion” standard instead of conventional Community Reinvestment Act requirements. That’s a problem.

The CFPB nominee wins approval from the Senate Banking Committee by a 13-12 vote; the country is looking to borrow $11 billion after Aramco IPO is delayed.

Due to all the data breaches and privacy mishaps, there is now a strong demand for a better, more secure solution for digital transactions, writes Mick Hagen, CEO of Mainframe.

After the 2008 banking crisis, centralized payment systems and financial services don’t have as much appeal to the younger set as a more transparent decentralized system, argues Csaba Csabai, founder and CEO of Inlock.