Online lenders can help the agency distribute loans faster as it gets set to deploy emergency funding to small businesses.

Lenders and government guarantors can use loan technology to bring immediate relief to business owners, former OCC official Jo Ann Barefoot says.

While much of the world is sheltering at home to deter the spread of coronavirus, there's still a need for essential workers to travel — and an opportunity for the development of in-car payments technology, which could allow consumers to pay for gas or food without handling cash or other potentially infected surfaces.

With access to comprehensive and accurate financial data delivered through advanced APIs, financial services providers no longer have to develop personalized experiences themselves, argues Envestnet's Brandon Rembe.

While some big banks have pledged to avoid layoffs this year, hiring freezes and delayed projects are becoming the norm during the pandemic.

Hacker emails disguised as pleas for aid have surged in the past month, and they're targeting bank employees and the many others working from home.

Card fraud risks — already soaring prior to the coronavirus outbreak — are changing rapidly as the pandemic deepens, forcing issuers and merchants to rethink protective measures.

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New Vision 3, a Bulgarian venture capital firm backed in part by European Union grants to encourage SMB innovation, has announced it's dividing a $2.7 million investment among three Bulgarian fintech firms.

Founder Brett King will now focus on the enterprise software side of the business, which provides mobile banking software to traditional banks.

The U.S. government will shortly funnel trillions of dollars into the economy to soften the coronavirus’ impact on a variety of industries and small businesses. Payment companies that are also lenders will soon find out if it’s enough to save the market.

Online lenders can help the agency distribute loans faster as it gets set to deploy emergency funding to small businesses.

Digital payment firms and fintechs are nimble and responsive, but that also creates web supply chain attack risk, says Jscrambler's Rui Ribeiro.

Leveraging AI and machine learning can help credit unions focus on doing what they do best: forging connections with members.

No online lenders are approved for the agency's traditional programs, but they could make loans under the COVID-19 stimulus package if they get special approval.

Payments technology is a relative bright spot as coronavirus’ economic fears hit venture capital, since an emergency can be a catalyst for early-stage innovation designed to ease digital commerce.

Many borrowers will suffer unless the program, the central bank's latest response to the coronavirus pandemic, includes consumer loans issued by fintechs.

Fintech companies only think they want to be banks. Banking may seem like a natural evolution, but that doesn’t mean fintech firms should become banks, says nbkc bank's Zach Anderson Pettet.

By embracing technology such as magnetic stripe when it seemed modern, the U.S. has been slower to catch up with much newer digital innovation, argues MSTS' Brandon Spear.

As companies move work off-site because of the pandemic, a host of issues have arisen around remote access, network monitoring and cybersecurity.