In a letter to the heads of the financial regulatory agencies yesterday, Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) called on regulators to provide more information on their efforts to oversee the rapidly growing fintech industry.

The Nasdaq Stock Market and investment bank Keefe, Bruyette and Woods yesterday launched a new stock index focused on publicly traded financial technology firms.

The federal banking agencies issued revised questions and answers today on Community Reinvestment Act compliance. In their final guidance, the agencies clarified nine of the 10 proposed Q&As.

Banks are aggressively innovating and partnering with financial technology startups, but Congress and regulatory agencies could do more to promote “innovation-forward” policies, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols told the House Financial Services Committee today.

Three approaches for banks working with marketplace lenders to enhance loan offerings.

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry reaffirmed his agency’s commitment to promoting responsible innovation within the financial industry in a speech at the OCC’s Responsible Innovation Forum today in Washington.

Changes associated with new financial technology and generational transitions are an exciting opportunity for banks, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols said in an American Banker op-ed today.

Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said today that the OCC is examining its legal authority to offer a limited-purpose charter for fintech firms, similar to those granted to trust companies without deposit insurance and to credit card banks, American Banker reported today.

In a comment letter to the OCC yesterday, BAFT – ABA’s global payments subsidiary – made several recommendations in response to the agency’s recently released whitepaper on responsible innovation.