Susan Ehrlich, the fintech lender's new chief, discusses what she learned working at Amazon and Simple and how her firm is approaching consumer loans differently.

Disclosure requirements are changing all the time. Failure to stay on top of this can lead to fines or worse.

Marqeta, which launched in 2010 with a payments platform to support payments through mobile and virtual channels, reportedly has attracted $250 million in a new funding round, which would bring its total funding amount to more than $350 million.

Financial institutions will likely continue to exercise caution in the wake of Facebook's announcement that it’s restricting the way providers of housing, employment and credit advertise on its site.

Financial startups are becoming important partners for community banks and credit unions, despite lobbying efforts to limit their growth.

The most popular features of the AI-driven virtual assistant include transaction search and spending alerts.

Shift toward computerized, quantitative trading helps women advance; big bank stocks are on a pace for their worst week since December.

Banks will likely continue to exercise caution in the wake of Facebook's announcement that it’s restricting the way providers of housing, employment and credit advertise on its site.

Trying to keep pace with big banks that digitize as many processes as possible will undercut community banks’ strengths, according to speakers at this year’s ICBA convention.

In the era of digital transformation, it can be easy to mistake activity for achievement. A disciplined approach is needed, writes Tim VanTassel, a vice president at FICO.

An executive at the Rhode Island company said the complexity of business lending remains an obstacle to switching to entirely automated, paperless operations.

Until recently, biometric ATMs were very hard to find in developed markets other than Brazil, India and Japan.

There’s currently a focus on investing in technology and data to remain competitive, but financial firms also need to ensure they are helping workers adapt, argues Synchrony’s Margaret Keane.

Reports of improper charges by perpetrators who know the victim soared last year. Issuers and card networks are failing to tighten security, clearly label transactions and police chargebacks, critics say.

Dumping passwords in favor of interoperable, flexible identity is an evolution as bumpy as it is necessary. FIS and Worldpay’s combination stands to create tools that can smooth this road.

The credit card network has teamed up with an ICBA unit and the fintech Urban FT to offer a payments services program tailored to community banks trying to keep pace with bigger banks.

AI can help reduce risk, make more loans and find ideal members for credit unions.

As competitive pressures mount for midsize banks, more institutions are likely to follow the lead of BB&T-SunTrust and amass more resources for investing in AI, digital platforms and other cutting-edge technologies.

A number of credit unions have faced lawsuits alleging their websites failed to meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The companies could bring something new, such as merchant acquiring to community banks, but their merger could also cause anxiety about giant vendors.