Start-up funding

Wells Fargo explains to the "girls" that there really is no gender bias, but that guy is retiring, OK? Rana Yared is one of Goldman Sachs' 18 new female partners. And Mary Meeker sets a huge target for the venture capital firm she'll create to invest in tech startups.

Serial neobank entrepreneur Anthony Thomson is building his third institution, this one in Australia. Here's what he's learned about the industry as he embarks on another run.

Harvest is when farmers need funding the most. ProducePay has financed over $850 million of produce in under four years, disrupting traditional finance rules in the farm-to-table process.

Striking the right balance between personalization and privacy is just one challenge the startup Finn AI is grappling with as it refines the artificial intelligence behind banking through Alexa and other devices.

At Barclays' fintech accelerator, this year's class has fresh takes on personal financial management, recruiting and trade finance.

A $245 million funding round for the payments processor Stripe contributed to heavy venture capital investment in the third quarter.

Mike Cagney’s current venture, Figure Technologies, is offering consumers the ability to apply online for home equity loans and get funding in as little as five days.

Bank Novo isn't a business lender (lots of firms already do that) or an account provider (it has a bank partner for that). Instead, it provides small businesses tools to track and analyze their banking activities.

Shamir Karkal said his startup will allow fintechs to develop ACH processing for their companies without having to partner with banks.

Some startups are eschewing San Francisco and New York to set up shop in the middle of America. And for good reason.

The bank’s joint initiative with CFSI awards capital to firms trying to address issues that the startup teams personally experienced.

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

Equity warrants. Capital calls. Off-balance-sheet accounts. SVB's unusual business model thrives on financing rainmakers and cutting-edge firms, but old-school issues like overconcentration, unpredictable fee income and stock market swings lurk in the background.

Prometheum wants to win the SEC’s approval of its own token offering, paving the way for others shortly afterward.

The goal of the competition is to increase diversity in the financial technology industry.

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts is looking to prove to entrepreneurs that it is in the business for the long haul.

Earnings at the Santa Clara, Calif., company were boosted by a 16% increase in lending and gains on the company's investments in Roku.

Jon Zanoff, managing director of Barclays New York Accelerator, has been coaching fintech startups for decades. He offers tips on how to make it as a fintech startup and run an effective accelerator.

The tech sector is filled with innovators who want to solve really tough problems. Yet, there is one huge problem they can’t seem to make a dent in, says the creator of Craigslist and the founder of Women Who Tech.

LendingPoint, which caters to borrowers with damaged credit records, believes that traditional credit scores are overly pessimistic about the likelihood that certain borrowers will repay.