Commercial lending

Affirm, which has raised $525 million since launching in 2012, would like to expand its services and begin taking deposits.

A Trump presidency might very well accelerate recent efforts to adapt banking regulation to the rise of fintech.

The credit agencies played a role in the Great Recession, but marketplace lenders still need ratings oversight to make their businesses viable.

UpLift is the latest Silicon Valley startup seeking to peel off a slice of the $1 trillion credit card market.

Many community bankers are hopeful that the pro-business Republican will reduce regulatory costs for them and their customers, but others remain concerned about Trump's lack of specifics on job creation.

Kenny and Sean Salas, founders of Camino Financial in Los Angeles, have a pretty good idea of what it's like to be a Hispanic small-business owner who can't catch the attention of traditional banks. They have established an online marketplace, a credit-scoring model and relationships with online lenders to help fill the void.

Voters in South Dakota on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a measure to cap interest rates on payday, installment and auto title loans at 36%, while rejecting a competing amendment sponsored by a large payday lender.

Making customer experience consistently good is a priority, but it's not enough. Great experiences in the future will be tailored to individual needs and preferences.

Trends in commercial real estate lending, which has reached record levels at U.S. banks, are unsustainable, Fitch Ratings warned.

There were some positive signs in the marketplace lender's quarterly results, but it continues to deal with the fallout from a scandal involving executives who falsified data about loans the company was selling to investors.