For many newcomers to the U.S., establishing credit is a big challenge. A handful of entrepreneurs are developing tools to help verify their financial histories.

It’s not just hourly workers who struggle to make ends meet — many managers also often find themselves short on cash each month. To help employees cope, the retail chain is using a tool developed by the fintech Even to give them access to their wages before the next pay period.

Banks are capitalizing on changing consumer habits - and satisfying a pressing need to diversify their loan portfolios - with a spate of instant point-of-sale loans for everything from iPhones to home improvements.

Breaking Banks producer Rachel Morrissey visits the Mastercard Innovation Lab in Nairobi and reports on ideas under development there.

Overstock will offer automated investing to its millions of shoppers. Some financial advisers reacted with a shrug, but are they underestimating the move?

Digit, which launched as an automated savings app in 2015, has decided chatbots are a flawed interface. Now it’s redesigning its popular app to reflect its new vision.

The few U.S. banks embracing data sharing say the industry is moving toward the standard.

The fintech revolution is now touching almost every market in the payments space. Some are still further ahead than others, so expect 2018 to be a year of consolidation in more mature sectors, but one of rapid change in those with some catching up to do, writes David Yohe, vice president of marketing at BillingTree.

As it secures new funding and creates a joint venture in Japan, Moven says it is close to becoming a full-fledged U.S. “challenger” by purchasing a traditional bank.

The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the fintech industry as Congress is still beginning the conversation about what a legislative approach should look like.

The pioneering brand re-enters a market where fintechs now account for over 30% of personal loan originations.

Nano Financial will offer new technology to Commerce Bank's commercial customers as it considers ways to license it to other financial institutions.

Plans by IDT and MercuryFX to test XRP for cross-border payments are another vote of confidence for Ripple’s products.

Enterprise customers will be able to send payment data to the bank through an application programming interface, rather than as XML or Swift files.

Executives point out while they are fixing the online lender's very public problems, loan originations are still in the billions and it has expanded into wealth management.

SoFi's experience shows that the most prominent names in fintech, while generating massive financial support, still operate in a very volatile world.

Stepping in after co-founder Mike Cagney's resignation, Twitter's Anthony Noto needs to overhaul the firm's corporate culture, lay the groundwork for an IPO and determine whether to renew SoFi's pursuit of a bank charter.

Few fees, automated savings and social media engagement all reel in the 23- to 37-year-old set and present a competitive threat to big, traditional banks, according to CEO Chris Britt.

The online lender is integrating itself with several popular software programs to provide lending as a service. It’s an open-banking road map for skeptical banks.

Fears about regulators coming down on digital currency trading caused an epic crash in the market. But reining in this evolving asset class won't be easy.