The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleges that the online lender made loans that exceeded a federal cap on interest rates for active-duty service members.
The company aims to help borrowers apply for home loans in as little as 15 minutes by automating immediate validation of bank information used in qualification.
The Washington, D.C.-based institution could see its membership grow by as much as 72% now that federal regulators have approved the move.
Find out how current technology is leaving blind spots in the account opening process and new approaches to managing fraud that are getting results.
Every swipe, tap and scroll tells a story. Reveal how user behavior can uncover and prevent mobile banking fraud.
Did you know that 64% of account opening fraud cases showed behaviors indicating lack of familiarity with personal data?
Adolfo Marzol came to the agency after a stint at HUD and a 30-year career in the mortgage industry. He will depart on Dec. 18.
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The banks will aim to attract new small-business customers by targeting the merchants that use Stripe's payment processing platform.December 3
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Visa insists that the Department of Justice, in objecting to its proposed $5.3 billion purchase of Plaid, fundamentally misunderstands the changing role of data in the payments industry.December 3
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Figure Technologies would only accept uninsured deposits, so it would not be subject to Fed or FDIC oversight. A major concern for banks is that the effort could open the door to incursions by bigger tech companies.December 2
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As it does with savings, Digit's algorithm calculates how much users can siphon off their earnings into retirement without missing the funds.December 2
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The 5-year-old company, which recently raised $131 million, says its strong growth reflects the timeliness of its mission: helping consumers who live paycheck to paycheck build wealth.November 25
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CEO Wendy Cai-Lee says Piermont Bank can do it all for financial technology firms: be their commercial banker, be their banking-as-a-service provider and develop APIs and other cutting-edge products for them.November 24
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Mobile phones are only going to become a bigger part of how banks interact with their customers, so several institutions are looking to enhance that experience. They are focusing on better ways of opening accounts, verifying identities, interacting with customers and offering new services and features. Here are some of the improvements announced this year.
November 11
In the age of big data, banks should be king. After all, which industry knows more about people and how they behave than the holders of deposits? But all that data is useless without leaders who know how to effectively analyze it. American Banker recently polled data and analytics chiefs at banks about the trials and tribulations of big data and the art of finding insightful information. Here are some of their responses.
September 6
The era of banks and fintech companies cozying up to each other is in full bloom. Fintechs realize they can better disrupt the industry from within, while banks are looking for partners to help them navigate the digital world. Here's a look at how banks worldwide are buying, investing in and in some cases lending to fintech firms.
August 29