Bank technology

Breaking Banks: Innovations in lending

03/10/17

Host Brett King reports from this week's LendIt conference in New York.

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B of A gives itself five years to save branch banking

03/10/17

Bank of America is revamping its retail network and upgrading its ATMs as it rolls out a new type of branch that bridges the physical and digital worlds.

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Are crypto ‘tokens’ securities by another name?

03/09/17

The question is more than academic. At stake is the role blockchain technology can play in lowering the costs of raising money.

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Is it OK for lending algorithms to favor Ivy League schools?

03/09/17

By relying heavily on where a borrower went to college, online lenders may run afoul with regulators and could be missing out on good credits.

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Citi names Piazza permanent head of fintech unit

03/09/17

Yolande Piazza has been serving in the role on an interim basis since Heather Cox left for USAA.

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Google's VC arm backs Currencycloud in $25M funding round

03/09/17

The cross-border payments startup will use proceeds from its Series D round to fuel growth.

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Savings app startup scores $12M in funding

03/08/17

Qapital's funding round comes as banks are increasingly adding money-management tools to their mobile apps.

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USAA backs digital identity firm

03/08/17

ID.me raised $19 million in a Series B round that was led by FTV Capital and included USAA.

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Cheat sheet: The trade-offs of blockchain privacy tools

03/08/17

A previously unreleased paper lays out the pros and cons for banks of technologies designed to restore confidentiality on shared ledgers.

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How fintechs are using AI to transform payday lending

03/07/17

Startups in the payday lending space say their use of artificial intelligence is allowing them to make better loans at lower rates with fewer defaults.

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