Mary Wisniewski is deputy editor of BankThink. She also writes on a variety of subjects as part of American Banker's bank tech team. Previously, she was a blogger and editor at Bank Innovation. She also served as a fashion editor for National Jeweler, where she reported on fashion shows and jewelry news. Her work has also appeared in Billboard, Cracked and a number of business media outlets. Mary grew up in the Michigan suburbs and now lives in L.A. with a maltipoo, two record players and an espresso machine. Mary is endlessly curious and follows anything that grabs her. Current interests include fintech, literature, travel, good conversation, Cat Stevens and Gidget.
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Europe is debating whether to ban screen scraping, a practice that fintechs count on as a last resort. Innovation is at stake.
May 24 -
Through the bank’s new API, small-business customers can feed their bank data into Xero’s cloud accounting technology.
May 10 -
Wells Fargo is piloting features that could help customers boost savings or plan for a trip.
May 4 -
The startup Dave (just Dave) sells an app that forecasts short-term bank balances and sends users small-dollar advances when necessary, part of a wave of efforts to improve consumers’ financial health using digital tools.
April 25 -
Google Play and CFSI aim to improve use of financial health apps through a storefront organized by consumers' needs and by publishing a guide for app developers.
March 27 -
Customers of National Capital Bank in Washington wanted mobile banking with remote deposit capture, but the community bank first had to find a new CEO.
March 20 -
Qapital's funding round comes as banks are increasingly adding money management tools to their mobile apps.
March 8 -
Personal financial management tools have long relied on financial data aggregation. Now, aggregators are hoping traditional lenders will take a cue from alternative lenders and use the technology to quicken their underwriting decisions.
March 6 -
USAA has granted development rights to some of its patented security technologies to Persistent Systems to create authentication and security-related products.
February 28 -
The debate about which side is right about the appropriate method of opening up financial data access is a distraction from the real issue at stake: the pace of innovation.
February 24 -
Banks are helping customers build healthy financial habits through their apps. The tools could also strengthen customer retention when rates go up.
February 10 -
Arkadi Kuhlmann, the founder and CEO of the neobank Zenbanx who pioneered branchless banking at ING Direct, explains why he stopped pursuing a bank charter and made a deal with Social Finance.
February 1 -
The acquisition should allow the San Francisco-based online lender SoFi to fulfill a long-standing goal: offering a deposit account to its young, upwardly mobile customers.
February 1 -
The long-running feud between banks and fintech companies over screen scraping is morphing into a more nuanced and important conversation about how to exchange consumers' financial data securely and fairly.
January 27 -
Customers of JPMorgan Chase will no longer have to surrender their bank credentials in order to use Intuit products like Mint, TurboTax or QuickBooks.
January 25 -
Banks should experiment with Snapchat and learn to deliver content in small doses even if the platform proves to be a bad fit for the industry in the long run.
January 11 -
Activehours, a direct-to-consumer startup that lets hourly wage earners name their paydays, announced it has raised $22 million of funding.
January 9 -
Call it the banking equivalent of a farmers market in Brooklyn: A startup is building a platform to highlight mission-driven banks for prospective customers who want to know how their money is lent.
December 14 -
Bank of America's forthcoming mobile app update will include personal financial management features.
December 14 -
Bank of America's forthcoming mobile app update will include personal financial management features.
December 13
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