Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika affirmed Thursday that the agency’s fintech charter, if implemented, could be granted to commercial firms like Walmart or Google.

Arthur Levitt says seemingly daily scandals highlight the lack of oversight and corporate governance shortcomings of financial technology firms, but two marketplace lending executives responded that more mature companies have just as many problems.

The identity theft threat created by the Equifax hack and the growth of online lending have given software makers a platform to pitch products that rely on selfies, scans of driver’s licenses and other nontraditional ID methods.

Separate apps for banking and PFM are too much for most customers to handle, so the Canadian bank is adding automated advice and savings to mobile banking — and it’s relying on artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to make it all work.

Brett King talks about diversity in fintech with Anouska Streets, head of engineering at Finkit, a unit of digital banking software company Monitise; and Colleen Wilson, founder and CEO of consulting firm Collaborate Chicago.

It's Yvette Hollingsworth Clark's job to make sure consumer, cyber and other protections are embedded into the design of digital products.

Yolande Piazze oversaw the rollout of Citi FinTech's first product in December 2016. Three months later, she was named the unit's CEO.

Readers chime in on debates about ILCs, the CFPB’s arbitration rule, the financial services ambitions of tech firms and more.

Did hackers access the credit bureau's computers two months earlier than the company first thought?; the Fed's decision to start unwinding its balance sheet should raise rates and boost bank profits.

It's not just big banks. Even U.S. community banks may be subject to the General Data Protection Regulation given the boundlessness of digital commerce.

JPMorgan Chase is partnering with another fast-growing technology firm, this time to help business clients eradicate paper checks.

The renaming is designed to evoke a provider of end-to-end technology, beyond payments systems.

The Upstart Network's CEO, Dave Girouard, explains how the online lender worked with a normally aggressive federal regulator to balance the needs for innovation and consumer protection.

The Independent Community Bankers of America had initially called for a moratorium in response to SoFi's application, and says now that Square's bid "has significantly increased our concerns."

Banks should not be fatalistic about the threats posed by tech companies in financial services. Incumbents still hold the upper hand.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued its first "no-action letter" to an online lender that uses alternative data to determine creditworthiness and loan pricing.

The once confrontational relationship between fintech and traditional banking has clearly changed as both sides are finding ways to work together.

Vikram Pandit, who ran Citigroup during the financial crisis, said developments in technology could see some 30% of banking jobs disappearing in the next five years.

The open tech that powers added data sharing has already resulted in security events, writes Stephen Singham, managing director of security research at Distil Networks.

Square became the third fintech firm in recent months to seek out a bank charter. Others are likely to follow.