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Construction loans are a big source of interest income for community banks but also carry a lot of risk. A few fintech firms say their platforms can reduce the risk and improve the lending process.

Piloting distributed ledger technology is important. However, banks need to temper expectations regarding the returns.

Citizens Bank is the latest to partner with a robo-adviser, but it plans to quickly make the digital investment advice its own.

The smallness of in-store branches used to be a liability, but with the industry's changing landscape, strategically placed "alternative branches" make more sense today.

Consumers' providing bank credentials to third-party services is akin to handing over their house keys. To mitigate screen-scraping risks, banks and fintech companies must first address issues related to security, transparency and control.

For its commitment to improving the long-term health of depositors, and a nimble, failure-is-not-a-dirty-word approach to innovation, USAA has earned an honor American Banker normally bestows on a single individual.

Whether banks view them as rivals or partners, fintech firms' rising influence is prompting banks to make a host of welcome changes, including heavy recruitment of young, tech-savvy professionals, according to heads of several major U.S. banks.

USAA has debuted several new features designed to make its digital wallet more versatile and to cast payments as one of a series of services.

Bank of New York Mellon has created a dedicated innovation group for launching new technologies in its treasury services unit.

Bank of New York Mellon has created a dedicated innovation group for launching new technologies in its treasury services unit.