American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.

A core processing startup gets $16 million and a U.K. challenger bank raises $27.6 million.

Although much of banking is cautiously optimistic about the Trump presidency, the financial firms and organizations that serve the unbanked see the election as a mixed bag at best so far.

The temptation for banks these days is to digitize as much as possible, but that generally results in spending a lot and doing nothing really well. Picking one of these three business models can help banks choose technology best suited to add value and thus get the most bang for their buck.

JPMorgan Chase has partnered with the fintech firm Roostify to build a digital self-service mortgage platform.

At a time of dangerous political division, the plan to grant federal charters to financial technology firms can address policy goals favored by both parties.

OpenFin, a devotee of open source software, has raised $15 million in Series B funding to fuel staff expansion, business development and new products.

Opus Bank has hired Scarlett Sieber, the former senior vice president in global business development at BBVA, to be its chief innovation officer.

While this will hold fintech to similar regulatory standards as traditional FIs, credit unions are especially vulnerable to these potential disruptors.

For a corporation, throwing out new propositions in the dark is a very expensive way to innovate.

The San Francisco-based online lender will soon begin selling refinanced student loans through Promontory’s member network.

By partnering with the matchmaking platform Opportunity Network, Citizens will be able to better connect corporate clients to deals worldwide.

Easing regs without mulling the consequences could hurt the financial system, but a fintech charter and other careful reforms could promote innovation, Patrick Harker said.

Hong Kong and Singapore have long been economic crossroads. China and India are economies with vast populations. And Shenzhen is bursting with innovative creativity. All of these contribute to the Asian fintech market being far ahead in adoption and ecosystem creation.

Nyca is one of the most active venture capital firms in fintech globally and its second fund should give it plenty of dry powder to pursue further deals.

Big banks increasingly are developing application programming interfaces to make their customers’ data available to third parties. But discrete deals between banks and third parties would be a bad outcome for consumers and the industry as a whole.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.

The plan to offer special-purpose national charters to fintech companies is a one-size-fits-all approach that could prove detrimental to the growth of startups.

If the new White House engages in the same process of listening to and researching the fintech industry that President Obama initiated eight years ago, startups should just take a pass.

In markets such as Africa there's a huge market for mobile payments, but a regulatory environment that has not caught up