Data sharing

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The largest U.S. bank will share data through application programming interfaces with a sometimes-controversial data aggregator.

The Clearing House is pushing contract terms that would give fintechs quicker access to consumers' financial information, but one large upstart has taken issue with the proposal's language.

Banks like RBC and JPMorgan Chase can now more easily draw real-time FactSet data feeds into applications.

The financial services industry has struggled with how best to explain privacy and data-sharing practices to customers. Mastercard is offering a new framework.

Unlocking the information that technology companies have on consumers would benefit banks and society overall, the chairman of the Spanish banking giant said.

The deal between one of the largest U.S. banks and a dominant data aggregator is designed to give customers more control over their data.

Hint: For their e-commerce clients, it's all about faster payments.

Though the use of alternative data in lending is seen by some as untested, several fintechs say they couldn't function without it.

Don Cardinal of FDX and Olivier Helleboid of Intuit explain the FDX and OFX standards, how they're turning them into one standard and what that standard will be able to do for banks.