Banks have found a novel way to fend off fintech’s plans to take them down: they are funding it. A new report shows corporate venture capital investors, such as those backed by banks, made up nearly a third of funding in the second quarter.

LoanDepot, a Foothill Ranch, Calif.-based company that offers mortgages, home equity loans and personal loans, has raised $150 million in term debt financing.

Like its peers, the San Francisco-based marketplace lender is struggling to manage the fallout of a sharp reversal in the interest of investors.

Cloud-based core vendor Nymbus announced Monday it has completed a $12 million financing round.

Citigroup lost a big technology executive last week and hired another from JPMorgan Chase. Then word surfaced that JPMorgan had decided to replace that exec anyway and a successor was ready to go. It all shows scoring top digital talent has become vital to the largest banks as mobile becomes their future.

Longtime JPMorgan Chase veteran Bill Wallace is set to become digital chief for its consumer bank.

Gavin Michael, head of digital banking for JPMorgan Chase's retail unit, is moving to Citigroup.

Avant, an online consumer lender based in Chicago, is shoring up its funding base with a pair of new transactions.

The San Antonio-based bank announced Friday in a press release that it has named Cox its chief technology and digital officer, a newly created role that includes the oversight of information technology, digital strategy and operations, and experience design.

For years, Tian Jia made the kind of returns on his money that investors in the rest of the world could only dream of. The 29-year-old Beijing-based programmer had $440,000 on deposit at the Hong Kong bitcoin exchange Bitfinex until last week.

In 2008, the smartphone revolution had begun but there were no mobile-first banks and brick-and-mortar institutions were still watching whether mobile banking would actually catch on with consumers.

New documents shed light on the recent incident in which many prepaid card users reported that they were unable to access their own money.

Banks have gotten better at detecting digital banking fraud, but the process of closing and reopening accounts is still a mess — and that is what could send more customers packing.

Roger Ferguson is hedging his bet that regulators will go along with his plan to turn TIAA into a financial supermarket.

Application programming interfaces are the connective tissue of the digital transformation at banks. Their role is getting more important as consumers look for more ways to connect.

Banks need to embrace technology that can deliver the speed and personalization millennials have come to expect or risk losing this customer segment to fintech companies for good.

The sooner you and your organization can understand the potential impact, risk, and uses for blockchain, the better your chances will be of keeping your head above water.

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority is looking to open application programming interfaces to spur competition in the country's banking sector.

The embattled firm is offering financial incentives in an effort to kick-start lending, but compliance-focused banks have been slow to respond.

Lending Club announced the resignation of its chief financial officer while reporting an $81.4 million quarterly loss due largely to fallout from the scandal that rocked the firm in May.