Even though they do not face the immediate prospect of regulation requiring an open-banking policy, American banks should act as if they do.

The most important policy question facing banking, brokerage and insurance companies is putting a framework in place that very quickly defines data ownership rights across the financial value chain.

Borrowing from the startup world and some popular TV shows, Citigroup is encouraging employees to pitch innovative ideas to a panel of senior execs who could give them the green light to start work.

While many companies already have a compliance officer in place, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation requires a data protection officer, writes Sudeep Nadkarni, senior vice president and head of banking and financial services for NIIT Technologies.

Tech startups differ from a bank’s typical commercial clients; many want a trusted financial adviser.

Beyond overall tax cuts, there's also potential benefits for investors in fintech and payments innovation, writes Rick Lazio, former Republican Representative from New York and current senior vice president at alliantgroup.

Fed researchers purported to show that consumers who use peer-to-peer loans have bad financial outcomes, but questions quickly emerged about the data they used.

The startup is betting that a venture offering safe storage of digital assets will entice billions from banks and other institutional investors.

The startup Intrinio lets algorithmic traders and banks pick the types of company and market data they want to use rather than pay a large monthly fee for a broad, terminal-based service.

Brian Behlendorf, leader of the Linux Foundation's effort to establish standards for blockchain, likens the invention of cryptocurrencies to the moon launch and says banks, open-source developers and others are working to make the underlying technology commercially viable.

Evidence that the credit characteristics of online installment borrowers at the time of repayment are consistently worse than at the time of borrowing should be a sobering thought for lenders that have not been fully tested in a credit downturn.

Following in the footsteps of Chase, Wells Fargo and others, Fidelity is launching an application programming interface to let third-party apps access customer data — as long as the customers grant permission.

Without the constant innovation that artificial intelligence empowers, legacy companies will quickly lose their edge as competitors whisk away consumers with new offerings and customized products, writes Ajay Vij, senior vice president and head of financial services for Infosys.

Fintechs should learn to value risk management — and the necessary bureaucracy that comes with it, bankers said this week in defending themselves again criticism that they are a pain in the neck to work with.

The companies' recently launched partnership furthers the argument that the banking and fintech industries might be better served working together rather than competing.

Bill Donnelly was named the first-ever finance chief at San Francisco-based LendUp.

Amid the rise of online lending earlier this decade, banks were derided as being too slow to adapt. But over time it's become clear that banks hold key advantages over lending startups.

As more startups turn to initial coin offerings to raise capital, financial institutions will seek reassurance that their blockchain and other fintech partners are aboveboard.

Political stalemates have convinced many executives that relief will only come when agency leaderships turn over.

Relevance to the consumer is the challenge for banks in the post-PSD2 era and partnerships hold the key, writes Maikki Frisk, Executive Director of the Mobey Forum