Companies on the Best Places to Work in Fintech list offer sabbaticals or generous vacation time, which helps attract young talent and lets veteran employees re-energize.

Breaking barriers to education unites the team at Mpower Financing, an international student loan company with employees from more than a dozen countries that is ranked No. 1 on this year's Best Places to Work in Fintech.

The 50 companies that made American Banker’s annual list are being recognized for establishing strong workplace cultures, offering robust benefits packages and giving employees the room to do their jobs well.

The white-label solution aims to provide neobanks and those in property sales with an entry into housing finance, while giving existing lenders a way to introduce new products and channels.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., says she and Sen. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., plan to release draft legislation next week that would establish a supervisory entity for emerging financial technologies and new rules for stablecoin issuers.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, home equity line of credit volume was up 31% from the same period the year before.

Cybercriminals can leverage the workflow of the digital firms against them by tossing a plethora of stolen credentials at an online loan application until they secure approvals, according to one expert.

The offering touts closings in as few as 10 days and allows homebuyers to compete with deep-pocketed investors and iBuyers.

Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures Management is leading a $185 million funding round for Canada’s Neo Financial Technologies, propelling it to a valuation of more than $1 billion as it plans expansion into mortgages.

Alternative financing startup Hometap says it increased its investments in the segment by more than threefold over the past year.