Bank technology

N26, a Berlin startup that offers financial services directly to consumers, said Thursday it's received a German banking license that will let it offer a fuller range of products across Europe.

A certification process can provide participants in smart contracts with greater assurances they won't lose their money (see: the DAO). But in distributed systems, the true test of security comes when software is released into the wild.

One of the nation’s biggest banks and the so-called “everything store” have joined forces to extend loan discounts to students.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent guidance on internal messaging software could impose significant hardships on banks and runs contrary to prevailing guidance on cybersecurity.

Morgan Stanley outlined its plans for deploying automated advice tools, with executives emphasizing that it was only a part of its digital strategy.

Amalgamated Bank and Banco Popular, financial institutions with niche appeal, are rolling out national online platforms, calling into question what it means to be a community bank today.

Confusion among bankers on what real-time ACH payments are and how the transactions are processed is a major barrier to adoption in the U.S. Here's what banks need to know.

Propel Venture Partners, the venture capital firm backed by BBVA, led a $7 million investment round in Guideline, a fintech startup focused on 401(k)s.

The investment banking firm's GS Bank unit has added a large number of consumer deposits since spring, but its success hasn't been cheap.

Keefe Bruyette & Woods and Nasdaq have launched an index that tracks fintech companies.