How a volunteer position with the American Red Cross set one credit union employee on the path toward a career in the tech sector.

As more startups turn to initial coin offerings to raise capital, financial institutions will seek reassurance that their blockchain and other fintech partners are aboveboard.

Amazon has introduced an augmented reality tool, giving customers an easy way to see how an item would look placed on any particular surface using a smartphone camera.

Marco Abele and Oliver Bussmann are launching a blockchain that will let affluent people co-own horses, vineyards, paintings and other high-end items.

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was careful to note that the principles were not binding, the industry should still adopt the guidelines going forward.

Following the release of the nonbinding statement of policy, regulators still have an important role to play in making sure the industry achieves an effective data-sharing model.

Eight leagues/associations now are part of class action response to massive hack, with two leagues – representing CUs in Nebraska, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming – joining on Halloween.

Additional data such as college major enhances the ability to provide credit to thin-file consumers. But could it create other issues?

Letting employees decide when they get paid through a mobile app that connects to a bank's prepaid card can serve the same purpose as a payday loan but cost the consumer less.

Political stalemates have convinced many executives that relief will only come when agency leaderships turn over.

Blockchain is a bigger opportunity for business transactions than consumer transactions, according to Mastercard president and CEO Ajay Banga, who is poring over the technology to build use cases for corporate users.

The bank consortium is going directly after the business of its former partner Ripple in the middle of their legal battle over an option for digital currency worth $1 billion.

Relevance to the consumer is the challenge for banks in the post-PSD2 era and partnerships hold the key, writes Maikki Frisk, Executive Director of the Mobey Forum

The new tool tracks both serious and general delinquencies down to a county level and features interactive charts and graphs.

The move aims to ease the compliance and audit processes for credit unions by increaing access to remote services.

Home equity lines could double over the next six years. Some banks are actively pursuing the consumer credit opportunity, whereas many still feel stung by the housing crisis, unimpressed by home equity’s comeback so far or fearful of nonbank competition and fraud.

Mogo Finance Technology Inc. rose most in eight months after saying it added blockchain capabilities to its mobile banking platform.

Calls for less reliance on credit bureaus and Social Security numbers for verification are leading many to envision a future of identity on a distributed ledger.

The European regulation will make data sharing more complex, creating an opportunity for stakeholders to collaborate to build new tools.

Banks are revamping and investing in new wholesale systems to solve the frustrations felt by corporate customers.