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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Readers weigh in on Amazon as a bank threat, claims that big banks are poor fintech partners, whether there are too many banks in the U.S. and more.
October 26 -
BBVA has launched a new mobile app that is designed to help people in the U.S. send money to friends and family in Mexico — more quickly and cheaper than traditional remittance methods.
October 16 -
Heather Cox is USAA's first-ever chief technology and digital officer.
September 25 -
Readers chime in on debates about ILCs, the CFPB’s arbitration rule, the financial services ambitions of tech firms and more.
September 22 -
Two popular personal financial management apps are being shut down this week. But optimism remains about banks' investing in PFM tools — so long as they rethink a technology that has failed to win over the masses.
August 29 -
It is the latest of several popular apps to close down in recent weeks.
August 4 -
The app, formerly known as BillGuard and a favorite of many fintech insiders, helped users protect their identities and monitor their credit scores.
July 31 -
The bank's new Control Tower app is designed to empower customers to track where their financial data is stored and to simplify their control over where it goes and what is done with it.
July 19 -
The companies will use an application programming interface to let Chase customers send the data to the apps Finicity supports, including personal financial services apps and income verification tools.
July 11 -
The challenge of juggling security and convenience is escalating as banks realize digital channels are for sales as much as they are to display account balances.
July 10 -
Future Family plans to differentiate itself by tying financing with a suite of products women need as they pursue fertility treatment.
June 22 -
Vault and Retiremap are launching products this week that are designed to help people stash cash where they can.
June 8 -
By making it easier and safer to share data with third parties, Wells Fargo's Brett Pitts says he is strengthening the bank's relationships with customers.
June 7 -
KeyCorp is acquiring HelloWallet, a personal financial management product it has offered its bank customers since 2015, from the investment research firm Morningstar.
May 31 -
The Spanish bank is opening its APIs to outside developers as Bank of America tests a new data-sharing model with aggregators.
May 24 -
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
