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Ludwig, a former regulator and CEO of Promontory Financial, and Mahan, the head of Live Oak Bancshares, say they want to back tech startups that support community banks. The ABA and ICBA are among the fund's investors.

IBM called for rules aimed at eliminating bias in artificial intelligence to ease concerns that the technology relies on data that bakes in past discriminatory practices and could harm women, minorities, the disabled, older Americans and others.

The bank is testing the emerging technology with IBM in an effort to speed up risk analysis and derivatives pricing.

Executives from the bank and the tech company have been working for months to create a cloud designed to address the challenges that often slow financial institutions' adoption of cloud computing.

Banks need to mitigate potential bias in algorithmic predictive models using artificial intelligence, as regulators are weighing how to oversee the emerging technology.

From improving call center operations to advancements in voice banking and more, distributed ledger technology has the potential to radically improve data security.

The artificial intelligence engine will handle simple queries directly, feed information to customer service reps for others and analyze all calls.

KeyBank is deploying new technology designed to improve the online and mobile banking experience and to guide branch employees' conversations with customers. The move comes on top of steps to modernize its IT infrastructure.

The tech company has taken World Wire, its blockchain-based cross-border payments network, live in 72 countries.

CULedger and the computing giant will work to develop blockchain technologies, create new products and improve existing ones.