Bank technology

The bank is rolling out a new digital advice offering that pairs robo technology with financial advisers, most of whom have the CFP designation.

As sexy as decentralized systems and automation are these days, human involvement is still necessary in many areas.

Private-equity firm GTCR is set to acquire Optimal Blue, a Texas-based mortgage tech firm, and it is planning more deals that would offer the industry ways to strip out further costs.

Robard Williams, senior vice president with Moody's, discusses how the explosion of fintech companies – 4,000 by his firm's count – will help banks adapt to a digital world.

By teaming up, community banks are hoping they'll be able to get some leverage in hammering out tech agreements with megavendors such as FIS, Fiserv and Jack Henry.

The fintech lab backed by JPMorgan Chase and the Center for Financial Services Innovation has revealed nine winners of a recent startup competition focused on helping consumers plan for financial shocks.

As JPMorgan Chase gears up for the launch of the merchant-friendly Chase Pay wallet, it's taking the opportunity to freshen its approach to P-to-P mobile payments.

Even though innovative underwriting criteria can help more people get credit, the risks and potential harms of mining social media data to make loan decisions might just be too great.

Check image specialist CheckAlt has acquired receivables transaction management provider Klik Technologies, a deal CheckAlt hopes will boost its profile as the financial services and corporate payments markets turn toward mobile-based technology to process checks.

The answer may be no, according to federal regulators. Their new guidelines on mobile security include other surprises, too, such as specific requirements tied to geolocation, security tests and cross-site scripting.