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These money transfers offer many transformative benefits, such as lifting recipient families out of poverty, improving health and nutrition conditions, increasing education opportunities and promoting entrepreneurship, says Raj Agrawal, CFO of Western Union.

Theodora Lau and Brad Leimer of Unconventional Ventures, Heather Holmes of Genivity and Marci Lobel-Esrig of SilverBills discuss fintech for older generations.

The Community Reinvestment Act can lower — not increase — bank credit availability in some low-income regions, and the OCC should reconsider holding fintechs to the same standards with its new charter.

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

The bank said the candidate planned to accept money from the medical marijuana industry; the crash in digital currency prices’ long-term consequences.

Bitcoin's scale and energy consumption have held it back as a payments option, but there are advancements that can change that, according to Jan-Willem Burgers, Europe technology lead with the distributed ledger practice at Capgemini.

The banking industry has been raising alarms about the growth of a few credit unions, but the critiques ignore the vast size differences between the two sectors and the tremendous growth banks have seen since the crisis.

The banking industry has been raising alarms about the growth of a few credit unions, but the critiques ignore the vast size differences between the two sectors and the tremendous growth banks have seen since the crisis.

Thanks to the downstream nature of technology, what was once the domain for large organizations is now accessible to organizations of all sizes, writes Ralph Perdomo, a research analyst at Nvoicepay.

The bank said it has received subpoenas related to low-income housing tax credits; write-offs of bad credit card debt creep up.