Canapi Ventures — created by former comptroller of the currency Gene Ludwig and banker Chip Mahan — and other venture capital firms say Peach Finance stood out because, unlike so many other startups, it's not focused on loan originations.

Eligible users may trade bitcoin and ether through the company's app and also use bitcoin when completing debit card purchases. More cryptocurrency options will be offered in coming months.

In buying Neustar, the credit bureau will gain new fraud-monitoring capabilities to complement earlier acquisitions.

As the need for easy-yet-secure mobile banking authentication escalates and consumers become used to logging in by looking into a camera, banks are taking the technology more seriously.

Digital technologies are transforming the delivery of financial services and reshaping consumer expectations. At the heart of change is the speed of money movement, which now represents the future — success for those who deliver, challenges for those who don't.

The myWalgreens app functions as a hub for the retailer's growing range of financial products. It's designed to encourage consumers to use their Walgreens card accounts for deposits and payments.

The neobank, which posted losses and burned through capital in its first year, has received a huge funding boost. That's raising questions about the depth of Varo's struggles and whether regulators and investors hold challenger banks and traditional banks to different standards.

Merchants will be able to offer the interest-free installment product starting in October. One of Synchrony’s retail partners, Amazon, announced a buy now/pay later partnership with Affirm last month.

Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu has appeared more circumspect than his predecessors about cryptocurrencies and other types of financial technology. Regulators are still seeking to understand the risks associated with these once-esoteric products, he says.

The bank's technology team was trying to figure out how to develop a system similar to the respected software program of Brown Brothers Harriman's investor-services unit. Now that State Street is buying that same unit, it can drop the project.

Aiia brings thousands of banks to the card network's global open-banking platform.

The startup Digits has developed a search engine that combs the books of small companies to size up their finances. But to give clients a real-time snapshot, it seeks bank partners that will provide checking and credit card account information.

The fintech's partnership with the world's largest card network allows it to expand in a market where red tape has stymied many U.S. payment companies.

The North Carolina bank says the new system, which took one year to implement, will make it easier to compete with challenger banks and customize digital banking services for doctors' offices, dental practices and other small businesses.

Citibanamex is developing data-sharing tools to enable fintechs to become its partners — before they can become competitors.

Individual stock trading may seem far removed from these companies' core payments business, but the service could fatten account balances and increase customer engagement.

The agency proposed reporting standards for any institution that originates 25 or more small-business loans a year. The measure would be especially burdensome for very small lenders and could limit credit access in underserved communities, critics say.

Though banks were not directly affected by security flaws discovered in Azure systems last week, they need to be aware of the kinds of misconfigurations that could lead to massive data breaches.