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There's a wide open market with plenty of opportunity not just for challenger banks but for financial technology as an industry to set themselves apart from incumbents and gain market share, says Veem's Marwan Forzley.

Nearly 70% of consumers surveyed said they were confident in their ability to pay their full monthly statement in December, up 5 percentage points from November, according to monthly data from the online lending marketplace LendingTree.

The charity was hit hard by the pandemic and the death of its CEO early in the year, but the nonprofit hopes to bounce back in 2021, thanks in part to a long history of working closely with credit unions.

The National Credit Union Administration juggled several challenges this year beyond the pandemic recession, including an inspector general's report about alleged misconduct by two former employees and criticism that board members had lost their old spirit of comity.

Familiar with personalized offers and options from other industries, patients are tired of a one-size-fits-all payment model, says Visitpay's Kent Ivanoff.

The switch to Thomas Cangemi from longtime CEO Joseph Ficalora could foreshadow a push to curtail the company’s reliance on multifamily lending and the pursuit of a bank acquisition that lowers funding costs.

Government officials and many bankers remain wary of digital currencies, but they'll have to learn to live with them. Here are 15 stories about how cryptocurrencies and the technology underlying them are becoming more embedded in the financial industry.

Chris Maher recently unloaded loans hurt by the coronavirus shock, convinced he was freeing the New Jersey company of baggage that could impede a large M&A deal. This assertive move makes him one of our community bankers to watch in 2021.

Eleven Democrats on the Financial Services Committee have asked the heads of the Treasury Department and IRS to eliminate service charges tied to debit cards used to distribute COVID-19 relief.

The Securities and Exchange Commission last week accused Ripple of breaking securities laws, raising questions about the future of banks' ties with the company.