Technology

CFPB director’s departure gives President Trump the chance to revamp the agency; the bank regulator is reverting to its industry-friendly ways.

The advent of blockchain technology may prove to be disruptive to traditional credit reporting agencies by decentralizing data aggregation and allowing consumers to take ownership of their data through a personalized wallet they could share with prospective lenders, writes Alexander Koles, CEO, founder and managing director of Evolve Capital Partners.

U.K. startup Flux has signed up a few banks for its platform that delivers real-time receipts to mobile banking apps. The problem is that few retailers are interested, and experts say that’s not likely to change any time soon.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is centralizing information and updates for global commercial card administrators within an online tool called Card Assistant.

It may seem odd at first that Square is using the Cash app as a testbed for bitcoin, but if Square Cash is ever to distinguish itself from the bigger options in P-to-p, it needs to take risks that Square can't afford with its primary customer base.

Investors should ask questions about the market necessity of the coin, which economic model underpins it, and how transparent the company is being about its progress to date, writes Shidan Gouran, president and COO of Global Blockchain Technologies Corp.

Beyond the initial coin offerings — a fundraising process, similar to an IPO, in which blockchain companies sell crypto tokens instead of shares — and myriad science projects, is there anything substantive occurring with blockchain?

Evidence that the credit characteristics of online installment borrowers at the time of repayment are consistently worse than at the time of borrowing should be a sobering thought for lenders that have not been fully tested in a credit downturn.

Credit unions based in California, Michigan, Illinois and South Carolina have rejoined the CUSO’s fold.

Departing chairman Martin Gruenberg says the financial system is still vulnerable to unforeseen shocks; bank offers ways for customers to avoid overdraft fees.