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LendUp is seeking to differentiate itself from competitors by making fast loan decisions and designing its customer experience around the mobile phone.

Imagine if we could take all the data that's coming from the real economy and use that to discern price, predict performance, understand risk and make better investment decisions. The only feasible way to do this is through artificial intelligence.

Cash machine makers are working to make them work with, not against, smartphones; prices of digital currencies crashed on Monday, possibly sparked by a hoax that an Ethereum co-founder had died.

The incident shows that cryptocurrencies may be vulnerable to market manipulation—and may not be ready for prime time.

Decision Intelligence uses artificial intelligence iin an attempt to increase the accuracy of real-time approvals of safe transactions and reduce false declines.

Most executives see the value of the technology, but are still looking for definitive use cases before taking the leap.

Compliance, security and data analytics were the themes at this year’s New York FinTech Innovation Lab demo day.

A dad challenges JPMorgan Chase’s parental leave policy. A shareholder proposal to address the gender pay gap gets shot down at Citigroup. Plus, Cathy Bessant, Yolande Piazza and Elizabeth Warren.

Readers weigh in on chatbots, Amazon’s physical footprint expansion plans, alternative credit data and more.

One of the best early bitcoin companies, Blockchain survived a period marked by scandals and shutdowns to become a market leader and attract new investment for expansion.