Amber Baldet is exiting JPMorgan Chase to start her own venture, and another female executive is taking charge of the blockchain effort. BofA makes major progress on digital mortgages and gets gun-shy after Parkland. Plus, GM’s one-sentence dress code.

Whether the threat stems from technology or human nature, fraudsters are exploiting any opening they can.

The small Illinois-based credit union credited better disaster-prevention strategies as one reason for the core conversion.

JPM, PNC, Citi and Wells kick off reporting; Senate banking panel members want to know why so many agency staffers are paid so much.

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney took heat from Democrats on whether he planned to take the agency's consumer complaint portal private while responding to Republican fears that its data collection activities pose a data security risk.

Users cite ease of use, ability to offer advanced products, services.

As upstart companies mature, they face pressure to develop deeper relationships with their customers. That is leading some to offer to a wider range of products, including deposit accounts.

Apple and Ripple may have a potential idea to remove friction from mobile payments, but the implementation could make for a rough ride.

The bank says its partnership with Lender Price will help streamline and simplify its home loan process.

The announcement is an example of how Green Dot, which swung from a loss to a profit in the fourth quarter, is focusing on technology partnerships with Intuit, Uber and others to boost its bottom line.

Dominic Venturo, chief innovation officer at U.S. Bank, shares his vision for digital banking ten years from now. It includes ambient computing – interconnected devices, machines and sensors that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people.

Acting director wants agency run by a bipartisan body, not a lone director; Fed and OCC push for relaxing the supplementary leverage ratio at the biggest banks.

Processing firm Galileo has built an API to bridge the gap between cryptocurrencies and mainstream payments, an area where a handful of other providers are experimenting. Large banks and card networks continue to keep their distance.

The rapid adoption of voice assistants only adds to the notion they could one day be disruptors in commerce, payments and financial services.

The Cleveland bank's CIO, Amy Brady, said it had to start replacing legacy systems now to position itself as a leader in the future.

Even though a denial-of-service attack on an e-commerce site is not classified as a breach because data is usually not compromised, the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report claims it is a growing menace to merchants who rely solely on their websites.

Voice assistants are on a fast track, with ownership of home devices like Amazon Echo and Google Home surging to between 20% and 25% of households from a mere 1% in about two years. The rapid growth is inviting keen interest in many circles about the potential for voice assistants to spark disruption in commerce, payments and financial services.

With the purchase of Finivation, the CUSO hopes to deliver better data integration to the credit union industry.

Mastercard and IBM have founded a company with a very narrow goal: to help organizations scramble their data to thwart hackers and comply with Europe's General Data Protection Regulation.

It remains to be seen whether Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony on Capitol Hill will prompt lawmakers to move forward on data privacy legislation. But it’s clear that the debate is just getting started — and that banks have a big stake.