The nonprofit received a $1.5 million grant to monitor, evaluate and strengthen consumer protections in the digital financial marketplace. Here's what it's doing with the funds.

The new offering’s loan structure is designed to hedge against digital currency's price volatility.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors abandoned a lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that had challenged the San Francisco fintech's effort to become a national bank without deposit insurance. The company recently amended its application to drop that controversial element.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is more than a year away from issuing a proposal on consumers’ right to control the flow of their data between banks and third parties such as fintechs, according to people familiar with the bureau’s thinking. Many previously expected a plan to arrive this spring.

The compliance software provider plans to use this funding to add staff and drive customer acquisition.

The Change Company, a lender to Black, Hispanic and low-income borrowers, was set to merge with the former quarterback’s blank-check company. Steven Sugarman, a onetime Banc of California chief, says his company is now in talks with other investors and inviting banks to use a new digital marketplace for its loans.

Yan Zhao, President of NYDIG as she exploreshow Bitcoin is experiencing wider adoption in the traditional finance world, and why that is.

The home buying process has undergone significant changes. The pandemic has profoundly altered the mortgage lending market. The continuation of remote work, relocation out of key urban areas, a growing preference for online possibilities, and the deployment of artificial intelligence applications are only a few trends that are shaping the industry. Join Heidi Patalano, Editor-in-Chief of National Mortgage News and Beth O'Brien, Founder and CEO of CoreVest Finance as they discuss how lenders can stay competitive and meet the needs of home buyers in the fast evolving mortgage business.

The company appointed regulation and compliance expert Sonny Abbasi to serve as general counsel following a fund-raise of $52.5 million earlier in the quarter.

With today’s generation of home buyers so rooted in a digital world, how will the financial services industry need to change to meet their needs? What new consumer technology will they need to adopt to meet consumers where they are? How will those approaches differ from how things have been done historically in the industry? Join us in a discussion with Blend’s Founder, Nima Ghamsari as we chat through how banks and financial institutions need to think through these questions.

The MI Estimated Rate Quote application programming interface is built upon the JSON standard, used in server-to-mobile communications.

The financial services technology provider will leverage multiple data sources to verify borrower salaries at a “flip of a switch.”

The company blamed its decision to stop new acquisitions for the rest of the year on the labor shortages roiling the U.S. economy.

The multichannel lender plans to expand its footprint in the non-agency market as a result of the majority shareholder investment in the company changing hands.

Housing will still be a priority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but newly confirmed Director Rohit Chopra is also expected to investigate discrimination in the Paycheck Protection Program and bias in AI-powered lending algorithms.

Neobanks and Fintechs have raised the bar in terms of client experience and expectations, forcing incumbents to break free and innovate. Now they are coming after the next generation, launching next-gen youth-focused offerings. Europe is leading this charge with nearly half of the startups based in the region. With the increased popularity and competition how are these neobanks finding different ways to market and monetize? In this session hear from Taylor Burton, co-founder of Till Financial on why there is a race to capture the next generation and how Fintechs like Till Financial is turning is a popular trend into a profitable business.

At a House Financial Services Committee hearing, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle questioned the widespread practice of screen scraping and agreed that consumers should have a more direct say over how their financial data is handled.

A long to-do list — from developing mortgage servicing requirements to revisiting payday lending rules — awaits Rohit Chopra, the administration’s choice to lead the consumer bureau. But it's still anyone's guess when the Senate will confirm him.

Dave banking app originally created to do away with overdraft charges has taken the industry by storm. It's on a mission to advance financial opportunities for all Americans. Join Penny Crosman, Executive Editor of American Banker and Jason Wilk, CEO and Co-Founder of Dave as they talk about how this app is changing the way people manage their money and what’s in store for the future of one-stop-shops for finances.

The digital provider of commercial mortgage closing documentation hired a Guaranteed Rate executive and announced plans to add staff and integrate more loan operating systems.