Bank technology

It is outside the realm of possibility for bitcoin's blockchain to serve any useful purpose for the intermediaries it was designed to replace.

Louise Roseman, the longtime head of the Federal Reserve's payment systems division, plans to retire this year.

SunTrust Banks in Atlanta has committed $50 million to a credit facility for the online small-business lender Credibly.

As community banks need to make their budgets stretch further, some are looking to vendor consolidation as a way to gain a competitive edge through fewer IT headaches and a more uniform customer experience.

Here are the most common mistakes that would-be financial services disruptors make on their way to trying to execute a great idea and business plan.

Nacha, the bank industry group that oversees the automated clearing house network, has appointed six industry executives to its board.

The Canadian bank's U.S. wealth management arm is moving toward a hybrid digital-human advice platform, partnering with BlackRock's FutureAdvisor to add robo tools for its 1,900 advisers.

There are benefits for banks in fintech collaboration via application programming interfaces, but financial institutions should not let go of customer engagement.

The industry's rapid change is shining a spotlight on middle and senior managers who inherit positions and often have to fix the messes — while maintaining the successes — of their predecessors.

Blockstream, a tech startup that employs several core developers of the bitcoin protocol, has raised $55 million in venture capital to develop its sidechain technology and expand its global operations.