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Banking regulatory agencies Thursday announced that they would raise the aggregate loan commitment threshold for syndicated loans to be included in the Shared National Credit program from $20 million to $100 million.

Banks' online advice platforms are just the face of a deeper effort to restructure client data and adapt to a digital era.

Bitcoin, the “gateway currency,” is but one application in an enormous pool of possibilities that blockchain technology presents, writes Alexander Koles, CEO and founder of Evolve Capital Partners.

Jon Stein plans to make Betterment's robo-adviser as personalized and intelligent as the online retailer's recommendation engine.

The cloud, open development and onboarding tools should get a boost from PSD2, with mandates that banks make it easier to share payment data with fintechs in Europe.

Loot has been in development since 2014 and has raised a total of more than $7 million thus far.

Coinbase wants loans, venture capital, payments, accounts receivable and stock trading done with electronic currency, using Coinbase instead of banks.

Rather than charge set fees, Aspiration offers customers name-your-fee accounts and donates to charities based on the amount of money it makes.

While much has been said about the "total supply" of bitcoin as a fixed amount, the reality is that "hard forks" in the Bitcoin blockchain have eliminated this limit, writes Mariam Nishanian, a spokesperson for Dentacoin.

Farmer Mac has terminated President and CEO Timothy Buzby for violating company policies not related to its financial and business performance.