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Machine learning and automation could be pivotal in helping consumers and small businesses outside the mainstream access credit and other basic banking services, several panelists said at the Financial Technology Association's inaugural Fintech Summit.

Through lending programs, financial coaching and hiring practices tailored for inclusion, these CEOs provided crucial services to underserved communities.

The British lender is offering to provide support for laid-off workers starting new fintech businesses and hopes to attract staff for some of its thousands of technology job vacancies.

The London-based challenger bank will also launch a streamlined version of its app as it works to break into non-European markets.

JPMorgan Chase made sweeping improvements to time off for bereavement, sick days, and caring for ill family members — including for the first time giving 16 weeks of leave to either parent for the birth or adoption of a child, regardless of which is the primary caregiver.

America's largest bank says it wants to make it easier for small businesses in communities of color to get loans. Under its program, applicants who previously may not have been approved are more likely to get an OK, and borrowers who received higher rates could qualify for a cheaper loan.

A divided Washington needs to come together on an issue of importance to all Americans: improving access to cutting-edge consumer financial services products.

Sometimes the right worker has the wrong skills. The card network's lab in Chicago is hiring people with general technology expertise, then training them for specific tasks.

Josh Merrill is the cofounder and CEO of Confirm. He was previously Chief Product Officer and second employee at Carta, an equity management platform. He has been building web products since graduating from Carnegie Mellon in 2005.

Derek Hebert, formerly of University Credit Union in Maine, succeeds Dan Byron, who retired in March.