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The purpose of the stress tests program is to reassure the public that the banking system is safe, but the stress tests are not an independent assessment of financial institutions’ actual strength.

CFPB and OCC are looking at auto lenders’ policies regarding so-called GAP insurance; banks want greater collateral from retailers.

Banks can use virtual reality in wealth management, trading and mortgages, says Raja Bose at Genpact.

This latest instance of Trickbot is a good time to remind consumers not to trust third-party sites even when directed by an email that seems legitimate, writes Lisa Baergen, director of marketing at NuData Security.

Consumers who either are tiring of the password overload, or those who understand that passwords are antiquated security, are driving the fair amount of biometric adoption, writes Michael Lynch, chief strategy officer at InAuth.

It is reasonable to rethink the role of state usury laws in national credit markets, but there should not be any erosion of consumer protections.

Fed chair says post-crisis financial reforms have strengthened the banking system and the economy; consumers again comfortable borrowing against their home equity.

Financial institutions need to take notice of this phenomenon and ramp up their payments infrastructure to support these developments, writes Chet Kamat, senior vice president of Oracle Financial Services.

Brooklyn rapper Divine shares how he created financial technology company BLAK; Honeyfi's founder explains how his app helps couples talk about money.

Society has accepted central banks’ monopoly over creating and controlling the flow of money, but history and current technological innovations point to alternative approaches.