Regtech

Banks plan to spend more on blockchain and AI in the coming year, and appear willing to explore new technology partnerships.

Fintechs should learn to value risk management — and the necessary bureaucracy that comes with it, bankers said this week in defending themselves again criticism that they are a pain in the neck to work with.

The Treasury Department will release a report early next year on opportunities and risks posed by fintech as part of administration efforts to reform the regulatory structure, Craig Phillips said.

It's a question many banks are already confronting head-on as they implement new technologies designed to make compliance easier.

Banks that find true innovation hard to accomplish can take heart — it’s no picnic for startups either. To hear both sides share their challenges is an argument for collaboration.

It's Yvette Hollingsworth Clark's job to make sure consumer, cyber and other protections are embedded into the design of digital products.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is calling on the FDIC to hold a public hearing on SoFi's application for deposit insurance.

The latest class of the Commerce.Innovated accelerator program run by Silicon Valley Bank and First Data demonstrates a focus on changing industries in addition to streamlining how people pay.

Compliance, security and data analytics were the themes at this year’s New York FinTech Innovation Lab demo day.

IdentityMind Global will offer Confirm.io’s remote document verification technology to its clients.

IBM's Marc Andrews discusses AI and compliance; Dave Birch, Charlie Shrem and Anthony Di Iorio debate bitcoin and all that it's spawned.

IBM is set to announce new tools on Wednesday aimed at reducing the compliance burden of financial institutions and sifting through the mounds of data they collect by using Watson, its cognitive computer.

Jo Ann Barefoot, a former deputy comptroller of the currency, discusses her regtech startup Hummingbird.

Merlon Intelligence, a startup launching Wednesday, plans to offer banks AI software that will help them with their expensive compliance responsibilities.

David McLaughlin, founder and CEO of QuantaVerse, discusses how artificial intelligence can improve anti-money-laundering compliance; the problems of de-risking and "defensive filing" of suspicious activity reports; the Clearing House's proposal to reduce banks' AML costs; and more.

Irish fintech execs discuss the sector's growth in their country and the opportunities from Brexit.

Readers weigh in the effect of Federal Reserve actions on wealth distribution, how a new startup could reduce overdraft fees, Watson's attempts to catch rogue traders, and more.

Large banks and Nasdaq are applying artificial intelligence to the detection of bad behavior such as fraudulent account openings and market manipulation. The technology may spot misconduct where humans didn’t.

The tech giant said it is enabling third-party developers to create financial services apps in the cloud.