Andrew Keys, co-founder of the venture capital firm ConsenSys Capital, has a vision of the future bankers might find chilling, in which banks and other middlemen are cut out of financial services.

The Omidyar Network has invested in five challenger banks. Tilman Ehrbeck, who is leading its financial inclusion efforts, says the firm will invest more in apps for gig workers and retirees next year.

Self Lender is launching a secured credit card next year in the hopes of attracting big-bank partners that can use it to comply with the Community Reinvestment Act.

FDIC Chairman Jelena McWilliams questioned whether regulators and banks are fully capturing the emerging risks of a new shadow banking system.

Upturn, which is owned by a BBVA unit, is offering a free online tool consumers can use to detect and dispute inaccuracies in their credit report.

As an industry, we need to take the risks of poor AI design and algorithmic bias seriously, says Ralf Ohlhausen, business development director at PPRO Group.

Wells Fargo explains to the "girls" that there really is no gender bias, but that guy is retiring, OK? Rana Yared is one of Goldman Sachs' 18 new female partners. And Mary Meeker sets a huge target for the venture capital firm she'll create to invest in tech startups.

The online-only bank hopes new leadership can help it overcome its rocky past three years.

The online lender will roll out its first new product in 12 years, a home equity line of credit. But it's taking a different approach than with its original offering.

The massive number of fraudulent bot attacks on the payments ecosystem and financial services is compounded by the fact that many current data protection tools are not designed to detect this automated crime network.