The most widely referenced interest rate benchmark will cease to function after 2021, and the financial system is still coming to grips with that complicated reality.

Changes in consumer behavior patterns will force banks to reassess the information they use to attract customers.

Charging customers $40 for a $10 overdraft “makes no mathematical sense,” Chime CEO Chris Britt says in a critique of traditional banks.

A new kind of institution wants to make the interest rate the Federal Reserve pays to its member institutions more widely available, but that could have big implications for monetary policy.

The bank helped raise $25 million for the fintech because of its potential to bring banks and nonbanks together in a virtual marketplace.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is making another bet on a Latin American financial-technology startup, providing a secured credit facility of as much as $100 million to Mexico’s Konfio Ltd.

Although those fintech companies whose primary service is the provision of faster payments may face a future threat for the proposed FedNow Service, fintech companies may also benefit from the availability of a Fed-led real-time payments network, Jeffrey Alberts and Dustin Nofziger of Pryor Cashman write.

Readers strongly react to whether the CFPB should have a say on bank mergers and if tribal areas should have special CRA credit, debate whether banks are embracing enough technology and more.

The company sees increasing consumer demand for cryptocurrency, especially in Asia, and gradual acceptance among financial institutions.

Despite the growth of digital advice, there's resistance to the business inside banks because of internal politics and a lack of data sharing, the company's CEO says.

Banks have to be more resourceful with technology and less dependent on high interest rates.

A look back at some of the coverage from Credit Union Journal's special report for August.

NorthOne's U.S. launch joins other app providers hoping to attract entrepreneurs and freelancers with features such as real-time insights into cash flow.

Kristy Kim was an immigrant success story with a degree from Berkeley and a lucrative job — except her lack of credit history precluded her from getting a car loan. She started TomoCredit to help the many young folks who struggle to qualify for a credit card.

AvidXchange is expanding its outreach to lenders with its purchase of BankTEL, which currently does business with 20% of U.S. banks.

Traditional players are getting innovative, and upstarts are becoming more sophisticated. The survivors will be companies that offer consumers an array of easy-to-use services, a venture capitalist says.

There are at least 250,000 software companies around the world that have the potential to become electronic payments companies, writes Infinicept's Todd M. Ablowitz.

CUs can't always offer the same salaries as fintech startups and major corporations, but a host of strategies can help them recruit those candidates and keep them for the long haul.

The Independent Community Bankers of America provided seed funding for Teslar Software, which supplies community banks with a platform to manage data from different internal systems.

Bond Financial Technologies' platform is designed for community and regional banks seeking fintech expertise.