The Los Angeles credit union started out by creating a self-service bot it named Royce. CEO David Tuyo discusses Royce's contributions and other ways artificial intelligence is improving efficiency.

The U.S. and its neighbor to the north are each developing frameworks to give consumers control over financial data and allow companies to transfer account information. A recently issued Canadian government report could influence efforts in both countries, analysts say.

The incident, which may have exposed customers’ account information to other customers, was caused by a technical glitch, the company wrote in a notice posted on a state attorney general's website.

Credijusto, the first fintech in Mexico to buy a bank, plans to cater to a market that traditional banks often overlook: smaller businesses engaged in commerce between the two countries.

The size of the financial commitments was not disclosed, but they add to a $425 million fundraising round that the data aggregator announced earlier this year.

The Los Angeles company is bundling a wide range of services like Digit, Dave, Chime, Wealthfront and Moneylion to compete with traditional banks on more fronts.

Fintechs were almost five times more likely than traditional lenders to be involved with suspicious loans issued through the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program, according to a new study.

New York Community Bancorp says it will invest in Figure Technologies, which has developed an open source distributed ledger. The bank plans to use the technology to cut costs in mortgages and payments and promote financial inclusion.

Yolande Piazza, the former Citi FinTech CEO who is now a leader in Google’s financial services group, explains why banks should accelerate their moves away from legacy computing systems and what the outcomes could be.

Nu Pagamentos, the Brazilian fintech backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is planning an initial public offering of more than $2 billion on the Nasdaq for the end of this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

Online attacks on travel and other nonfinancial industries grew at a much faster rate in the second quarter than those on financial services companies. Yet hackers pose considerable risk to banks and credit unions, especially in payments.

The fintech startup Aspiration is in talks to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm in a transaction that’s slated to value the combined entity at more than $2 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

CoinFund, a blockchain-focused investment firm, hired Christopher Perkins from Citigroup as managing partner and president to help bridge the gap to the traditional finance sector.

The bank’s decision to offer home improvement loans directly will not have a material impact on profits at the Atlanta-based fintech, according to GreenSky.

The expanded credit access in its automated mortgage decisioning goes into effect in mid September.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council says bank accounts and information systems have become more vulnerable as mobile and other technologies have expanded. It issued guidelines on detailed steps financial institutions should take to heighten security.

It may seem odd that Citigroup has created an online lending platform that matches small businesses with minority-run and other banks for no financial benefit. Yet company executives and observers say it makes sense.

Upgrade, a lending startup that counts former LendingClub executive Renaud Laplanche as a co-founder, raised $105 million in a funding round that values the company at more than $3.3 billion.

The $119 million-asset Ergo Bank in Wisconsin, which is working with the fintech Neocova, says artificial intelligence and modern data management are attainable for even the smallest financial institutions — and essential to competing with larger banks for consumers.

The combination of American Express and its fintech subsidiary Kabbage is starting to bear fruit at an opportune time, as credit card companies increasingly expand their range of products to boost revenue.