Judge again throws out Leandra English’s attempt to take over agency; planned revamp may ease banks’ lending requirements to the poor.

The Kennesaw, Ga.-based company, which targets borrowers with blemished credit records, has acquired LoanHero, which specializes in loans at the cash register.

The agreement marks the latest example of the banking giant teaming with a fintech to speed up delivery of services to its customers.

Gemalto's latest biometric payment card brings a fair amount of common sense into play. But is it enough to appeal to mainstream cardholders?

Capital One became the latest bank to feel customers' online wrath last week after reports that some customers were being charged twice for debit card activity. But it was hardly alone.

The CFPB's recent freeze on collecting any personally identifiable information from companies it supervises is slowing investigations and could ultimately cripple the agency's enforcement function — and that may be the point.

While the intermediaries that record and verify transactions such as payments are removed, the remaining parties may not be ready for shifting responsibilities to guarantee transactions, writes Sebastian Venderzeil, a director at Cornerstone.

Petal has received a $13 million funding round from Valar Ventures, a New York-based venture capital fund that specializes in financial technology, to use artificial intelligence to fill holes in legacy risk vetting.

The two senators are set to introduce a bill that would force such firms to pay $100 per customer whose personal information was compromised.

Examiners focus too much on how many suspicious activity reports banks file and too little on the true riskiness of their activities, according to lawmakers and industry representatives.

A reverse auction service for restaurants is trying to ease the industry's costs through a decentralized payments system.

Despite impending data requirements, many small banks are still struggling with automating loan risk calculations.

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said Tuesday that policymakers need to take a hard look at cryptocurrencies. Senate Banking Chairman Mike Crapo agreed the issue was ripe for a hearing.

MDT will now offer Argos Risks' AR Surveilance service to its credit union clients.

Consumers are on the cusp of a seismic change in our relationship with the automobile, one that will have significant implications for stakeholders in the banking and payments landscape.

Jamie Dimon, the JPMorgan Chase chief executive officer who earlier called the cryptocurrency a "fraud," said Tuesday he wishes he hadn't dismissed the technology in such broad terms.

From a focus on integration to increased fintech cooperation and more, here's a preview of some of the tech trends that will shape how credit unions do business in the coming year.

Account takeover's harder to quantify than payment fraud because it has so many elements and downstream impacts, writes Kevin Lee, trust and safety architect at Sift Science.

The access Alexa gets by being built into users' home speakers and tablets is a delicate trust; if Amazon oversteps its boundaries, it might find Alexa gets muted or locked down.

The Minneapolis bank is the first bank to join Community Reinvestment Fund's online service that matches small-business borrowers who don’t qualify for bank loans with community development financial institutions.