Rather than partner with a startup, 45-year-old Equitable Bank in Canada created a separate brand, EQ Bank, to acquire customers who are ready for an account without a debit card.

Financial companies from SunTrust to SoFi will be advertising in Sunday's game — a rare sight in recent years — despite the estimate $5 million price tag.

It is outside the realm of possibility for bitcoin's blockchain to serve any useful purpose for the intermediaries it was designed to replace.

SunTrust Banks in Atlanta has committed $50 million to a credit facility for the online small-business lender Credibly.

Here are the most common mistakes that would-be financial services disruptors make on their way to trying to execute a great idea and business plan.

Bank of America's blockchain patent push shows how bankers' attitudes toward the technology of cryptocurrencies have changed over the last few years — from dismissing it, to sizing it up to trying to protect their interests in it.

There are benefits for banks in fintech collaboration via application programming interfaces, but financial institutions should not let go of customer engagement.

The industry's rapid change is shining a spotlight on middle and senior managers who inherit positions and often have to fix the messes — while maintaining the successes — of their predecessors.

CEO Jeffrey Brown spent much of the firm's quarterly earnings call Tuesday responding to the demands of shareholders who are unhappy with Ally's weak stock price.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and IBM are the latest firms to invest in Digital Asset Holdings, the startup led by former JPMorgan Chase & Co. banker Blythe Masters that aims to adapt blockchain technology to financial markets.

The largest institutions moved to the top of J.D. Power's rankings, thanks largely to the popularity of their digital offerings and high scores among young adults.

Bank of America has nearly three dozen patents pending related to blockchains. More banks are expected to seek patents as the technology associated with cryptocurrencies creeps closer to widespread use.

Bank of America is preparing to submit 20 blockchain-related patents any day now to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, CNBC reported last week, citing a company spokesperson.

OnDeck Capital, an online small-business lender in New York, has added a former E-Trade Financial executive to its board, as another director plans to leave.

On the surface, traditional bankers and third-party disruptors may not always have the same approaches in mind, but the gap between their goals and how to go about it is increasingly getting smaller.

Bank of America is preparing to submit 20 blockchain-related patents any day now to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, CNBC reported this week, citing a company spokesperson.

Federal and state banking regulators are still struggling with how to come to grips with banks whose clients are heavily involved in digital currencies like bitcoin — and that may be curbing interest from many in the financial industry.

The potential for more convergence between financial products and physical products raises a whole host of data and privacy issues that banks must deal with proactively.

College Ave Student Loans, an online lender in Wilmington, Del., announced Thursday that it has raised $20 million in equity financing.

Bank of America announced Thursday that it customers can now suspend their debit cards temporarily; it is the first of several new features the bank has planned for 2016 after it tripled its digital banking budget.