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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The personal financial management platform has been grooming select early-stage companies for 16 months. Now, its providing more services to entrepreneurs through its incubator program.
August 26 -
Two former bank executives are starting a group that will test new ideas for the financial services industry, which has struggled to cope with its digital transformation.
August 23 -
Litchfield National Bank is readying a mobile app designed to educate young children about money. The Illinois community bank is taking a big step beyond its past outreach practices, such as distributing coloring books.
August 22 -
Fintech startups, like many young software companies, are using fun recruiting strategies to attract most-coveted technical talent to their teams and to engage people with their brands.
August 21 -
Fifth Third Bank announced in August job hunting tools are now among the resources available on two of the Cincinnati bank's "ebuses."
August 19 -
Bank Leumi will host tech entrepreneurs from its home country for a month-long mentoring program in New York, joining other banks in soliciting new digital ideas from outside their organizations.
August 16 -
Banks have long struggled to make sense of the reams of customer data they collect across product lines. The rise of mobile banking is making this task even harder.
August 14 -
Unable to secure additional funding, PerkStreet Financial announced Monday that it is closing its operations on Sept. 26. The Boston startup has been offering people checking accounts that reward customers for their debit card swipes.
August 12 -
Online payday lenders have been tying up with Native American tribes in a bid to exert sovereignty claims as a way around interest rate caps. This week's move by New York's Benjamin Lawsky reflects regulators' increased focus on shutting down this fast-growing piece of the payday loan market.
August 9 -
The Pittsburg bank's latest experiment with new branch designs involves a temporary steel building on Atlanta's sidewalks.
August 1 -
Westpac announced in July a mobile banking app contest that's open to developers and designers.
July 31 -
With competitive pressure mounting from trendy software companies, banks are trying out new ways to attract the most-sought-after technical talent and modernizing their career websites' interfaces to better showcase their cultures.
July 31 -
Lake State Credit Union will soon open a branch staffed completely by video teller machines.
July 30 -
Q2, formerly Q2ebanking, announced Monday a partnership with Geezeo, which sells personal finance management (PFM) tools to banks.
July 29 -
The New York bank's new patent offers insight into one way Chase is thinking about improving authentication, an area that banks nationwide are struggling to strengthen.
July 25 -
New executives are effecting an IT reawakening at Orrstown Bank to prepare it for growth. Projects being tackled include: enlarging the IT team, outsourcing the core, replacing the email system and redoing the digital channels.
July 24 -
LendProtect announced Tuesday a partnership with Yodlee Interactive to create a new service designed to offer U.K. lenders a 90-day view of their prospective customers' bank account data, including deposits and payments.
July 23 -
The New York bank showcases more than 4,000 available jobs.
July 22 -
Yodlee has announced a new suite of wealth management tools available for banks and investment firms to offer their clients, collectively called WealthCenter.
July 19 -
Since Apple released the iPhone in 2007, mobile banking apps for retail banking customers have become a must have. Yet, one customer type has been neglected in the app stores: small business owners.
July 18