Charles Vice, former commissioner of the Kentucky Public Protection Cabinet's Department of Financial Institutions, will advise the National Credit Union Administration's board on policy and tech-related initiatives.

The rate of venture funding to startups run by women continues to decline.

Lenders must not use new technology and increased access to credit products as a way to exploit borrowers into overextension.

An declared end to screen scraping, a major hack of a cryptocurrency exchange and banks' plans for bitcoin trading led coverage last year.

Truist CIO Ken Meyer and other bank leaders are seeing the chance to hire engineers, developers and data scientists.

Every issue of the magazine provides great features, opinion pieces and more about the issues keeping industry leaders up at night. Here is a look at some of the most exemplary coverage from the past 12 months.

Digital banking apps such as Daylight, Greenlight and Re:start are helping their customers do more than stash paychecks and save for the future.

Telhio Credit Union in Ohio hopes to help contractors verify their earnings when applying for loans and other financial services.

Even as DeFi remains mostly unregulated, it offers no shield against the legal consequences of alleged fraud.

Federal agencies' complaints against FTX's leaders have led to scrutiny of the banks it worked with. While it's unlikely the bankers will be held accountable for the cryptocurrency exchange's wrongdoing, the case could make it more difficult any bank that wants to work with crypto-related businesses.

Phishing and ransomware attacks were among the deadliest for financial institutions in the past year.

The U.S. should look abroad for innovative solutions to the problem of assessing the creditworthiness of borrowers with little formal credit history.

American Express, LendingClub and Webster Bank are among the financial firms that named new chief information officers and chief technology officers.

The $23 million deal, announced more than a year ago, was terminated following regulatory delays.

The National Credit Union Administration will soon name a director for its Office of Financial Technology and Access, which Hood — a board member and former chairman of the agency — created. He explains in an interview why the office's work is a priority.

SNAP recipients need easy and reliable access to their account balances and transaction histories. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ought to clear the way and let that happen.

Hacks of banks, credit unions and insurance companies compromised the data of millions of consumers, who filed a flurry of class actions in response.

U.S. Bank and KeyBank were among those that made significant advances in their use of cloud computing during the past year.

Banks, fintechs and credit unions are cautiously investing in technology and customer experience as next year's economy remains uncertain.

Banco Bradesco, Brazil's second-biggest bank by market value, plans to buy more minority stakes in tech companies to accelerate its expansion in the United States.