Investment

BofA’s do-no-harm approach to AI; looking at what comes next for Fannie and Freddie now that they get to keep their earnings; ruling cuts short debt collectors’ victory lap over CFPB proposal; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

Cybercriminals have become extremely adept at crafting emails that are indistinguishable from legitimate emails, says Valimail's Peter Goldstein.

Renaud Laplanche, one of the first fintech disruptors, is launching an unusual type of credit product at Upgrade, his new company, that is a cross between a credit card and an unsecured loan.

A digital currency firm has been accused of recruiting actors to pretend to be Comerica and Mastercard employees, writing a fake prospectus and taking other steps to make it look like the two U.S. companies were its partners in an investment venture.

Ripple is collaborating with financial software company Finastra, boosting both companies' reach in the cross-border transaction market.

The next generation of wireless communication will lead to more devices being connected to the internet, creating additional vulnerabilities for credit unions to guard against.

Though synthetic identity fraud is down across the industry, there's been an uptick in such attacks targeting credit unions.

A thorough process for approving experiments with artificial intelligence, clear philosophical principles and diverse human involvement are some of the ways BofA says it's working to ensure AI does no harm.

Companies should push advanced ID, but passwords and their fallout will be here for a while, says Sift's Kevin Lee.

The ‘Unsinkable Cathy Bessant’; Thasunda Duckett’s rising star takes center stage; the challenges facing Wells Fargo chief Charles Scharf; Fannie, Freddie to retain $45B in capital; and more from this week’s most-read stories.