The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Obama administration to express its views in a case that has raised doubts about the business model used by many online lenders.

While many fintech companies are trying to disrupt banking niches, the blockchain has the greatest potential to completely transform finance the way Uber and others have done for their industries.

The service should help Uber better compete with Lyft, a rival app-based taxi service that can now pay its drivers instantly. It could also be provide a new revenue source for Green Dot's struggling GoBank unit.

Members of a House Energy subcommittee had many basic questions for technologists, entrepreneurs and legal experts testifying at a hearing on digital currency Wednesday.

One of the latest startups developing a blockchain-based financial network is not counting on the buzz surrounding its tech to make its pitch.

There is seemingly endless research on the attitudes of millennials toward banks, but the major takeaway from all of it is that banks can't expect millennials to want to bank only one way.

Less than a year after investing in MX Technologies, USAA has partnered with the startup to provide personal financial management tools to its 11.4 million members.

BB&T in Winston-Salem, N.C., has increased the roles of two executives as part of an effort to focus more on digital projects.

The bank that for many defines ultrawealthy is now in the market to serve investors whose employers don't even offer 401(k)s.

Chase is investing in digital and technology resources in a way that's reminiscent of the Silicon Valley model, as it looks to create more direct interaction with its customers on its website.

Bluetooth beacons — small night-light-sized devices that can communicate with a mobile app as shoppers move throughout a store — may have the same potential for bank branches as they do for megaretailers like Target.

The more welcoming European regulatory environment for blockchain developers could take the competitive edge away from U.S. banks unless regulators here start championing fintech innovation.

Prosper Marketplace on Monday announced a three-year agreement to offer financing to consumers making improvements to their homes through the website HomeAdvisor.com.

Capital One, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and FIS are among the financial services companies that believe Amazon's Echo device has a role in the future in digital banking. Here's why.

The fight over the security protections on the San Bernardino, Calif., iPhone is about more than a single device or Apple's product line.

Eight months after it revamped its Chase Bank home page, JPMorgan Chase is beginning to roll out changes beyond the sign-in page.

Prosper Marketplace is rebranding a personal-finance app that it acquired last year, a key part of the firm’s efforts to engage more frequently with its borrowers.

As the search and advertising giant prepares to close Google Compare, banks should take note of two major lessons: even a well-known brand name doesn’t guarantee a smash hit. And two, online credit applications — which can be advertised on such lead generator services — need to be easier to fill out.

In focusing on private blockchains, banks make the same mistake companies made in the nineties when they favored private information networks over the open protocols of the Internet.

Hailed as a space- and cost-saver, interactive video teller machines don't always succeed as a strategy. Many banks offer them without a clear business case to justify the investment.