Big banks increasingly are developing application programming interfaces to make their customers’ data available to third parties. But discrete deals between banks and third parties would be a bad outcome for consumers and the industry as a whole.

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The plan to offer special-purpose national charters to fintech companies is a one-size-fits-all approach that could prove detrimental to the growth of startups.

If the new White House engages in the same process of listening to and researching the fintech industry that President Obama initiated eight years ago, startups should just take a pass.

In markets such as Africa there's a huge market for mobile payments, but a regulatory environment that has not caught up

The head of the New York Department of Financial Services did not mince words Wednesday in criticizing a proposed federal fintech charter.

The PSD2 rules go into effect in 2018, providing a new opportunity for financial technology companies to compete with banks. But there's also an opportunity for banks.

FIS is forming a network for the inaugural class of its VC Fintech Accelerator program.

HSBC has formed an advisory board to guide it on fintech, cybersecurity and IT infrastructure issues.

Just days before President Obama will leave office, the White House released a white paper advocating for the U.S. government to engage in efforts to promote the fintech industry.

Critics say the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is moving too far and too fast in its effort to offer a fintech charter, overlooking skepticism that it lacks sufficient legal authority.

Consumer protection groups opposing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s plan to offer limited-purpose bank charters to fintech companies raised concerns that the move could allow payday lenders to operate nationally.

Kasisto, a provider of chatbots to banks, announced Thursday a $9.2 million Series A funding round led by Propel Venture Partners with participation from Mastercard and Commerce Ventures.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's decision to offer a special-purpose charter for fintech firms may entice more players than expected.

The OCC's limited-purpose fintech charter will separate the healthiest fintech companies from the unhealthy ones — leading fintech one step closer to disrupting the incumbents.

It's tougher for women-led technology companies to raise money from venture capitalists—or any investor—than it is for men. But the challenge is deeper than overt sexism.

Two influential Democratic senators' surprise objections to the OCC's fintech charter show that the initiative may be more politically fraught than the industry and agency expected.

Activehours, a direct-to-consumer startup that lets hourly wage earners name their paydays, announced it has raised $22 million of funding.

In a letter Monday to Comptroller Thomas Curry, Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., registered their strong opposition to the concept of the charter, which would allow certain types of fintech companies to avoid state licensing requirements by obtaining a limited-purpose national bank charter.

Regulators here made strides to encourage innovation in 2016, while Brexit cast doubt on the London fintech boom. Yet the cross-Atlantic payments battle is just beginning.