Technology

The security company OneSpan has launched a new line of such products for financial institutions. Some are skeptical that stand-alone authentication devices are necessary.

Mobile banking marches on, new blood for Visa fintech effort and more in banking news this week.

The payment platform will let institutional clients distribute digital payments more efficiently, using low-code software and artificial intelligence.

A neon purple vending machine dispensing nonfungible tokens for £10 ($11.18) a pop has materialized in the middle of London, drawing frosty stares from passers-by in the British capital. 

JPMorgan Chase executed its first live trade on a public blockchain, a significant step toward integrating with the plumbing underlying the world of cryptocurrencies.

Ant Group's Singapore digital wholesale bank will start offering loans to small and medium-sized businesses, as the Chinese fintech giant extends its reach in the city-state.

The fintech plans to use the capital to scale its platform, which uses machine learning to make loan decisions, with a goal of reducing bias in underwriting.

Following the verdict, the student-loan servicer could potentially owe Louis Beryl more than $4.4 million in severance money. Navient fired Beryl less than three months after acquiring Earnest, the student loan refinancing company that he co-founded.

The consumer lending fintech is continuing to branch away from its original student loan refinancing gig to drive revenue and beat analysts' predictions.

The online consumer lender has told about 140 employees who process loan applications that it is eliminating their positions. The job cuts come as Upstart struggles to get banks and other investors interested in buying enough of its loans.