Seacoast in Florida slashed the time it took to make 7(a) loans within months after establishing a partnership with an online lending startup.

Lisa Frazier, an adviser to banks and startups, will succeed Steve Ellis, who is stepping down after more than three decades with the company.

Sageworks, a financial services software firm that provides institutions with lending and risk solutions, was sold to Silicon Valley-based Accel-KKR.

Fintech challenger banks like Simple, Moven, Varo and Chime have faced separate headwinds in recent years. Here's how they’re taking up the charge again.

Development is happening in places besides London and Silicon Valley, and that will give payment companies and financial institutions a wider range of technology solutions and partners, according to Aidan Hayes, senior vice president of financial services and technology for Enterprise Ireland.

Credit unions may be able to reach more underserved consumers through partnerships with an unlikely ally.

While working with new fintechs carries some risk, it can also provide community banks with an affordable way to upgrade products and technology.

Fintechs attending Consensus 2018, the annual cryptocurrency event, said they found promise for a market still trying to find a path to unified operations and wider acceptance within financial services.

Banks need to curate and bring many financial services to their customers, says Chris Skinner, author of the new book "Digital Human."

The bank, in conjunction with iCapital Network, is slashing requirements to participate in certain alternative investments that it once offered mainly to institutions or the ultrarich.