Bank technology

Hypur, a startup seeking to help banks serve businesses deemed high compliance risks (e.g. marijuana), has recruited a former Department of Justice lawyer to help build credibility. Its signature product: a payments platform to replace cash transactions.

JPMorgan Chase has added fingerprint authentication for customers on Android devices.

Community banks are grappling with a quickly changing operating environment, but they might have some practical advantages over large banks in building partnerships with fintech firms, and those relationships could give them the competitive edge they seek.

American Banker readers share their views on the most pressing banking topics of the week. Comments are excerpted from reader response sections of AmericanBanker.com articles and our social media platforms.

Long before daily talk of fintech, blockchain and APIs, the number of U.S. banking customers who used at-home services once amounted to the population of a small suburb.

Capital continues to flow freely into financial technology ventures, many of which are repositioning themselves as aspiring partners for banks rather than would-be disruptors.

The Paris Agreement on limiting the rise in global temperatures opens up new lending opportunities related to low-carbon projects while highlighting an array of new risks for financial institutions.

Experts from across the payments industry gathered in Los Angeles for SourceMedia's annual Card Forum and Expo. Here are some of the biggest ideas discussed at this year's event.

Traditional banks are not likely to match the nimbleness of a fintech startup for a whole variety of reasons. But that doesn't mean all is lost.

Richard Davis, the Minneapolis bank's CEO, is defending his decision to charge a fee for real-time payments. The move will allow it to earn back the cost of investment and prevent consumers from thinking of the bank as "a utility," he says.