Melinda Huspen covers technology for American Banker and is based in New York, NY. Previously, she was a business reporting intern with Digital Insurance via the Dow Jones News Fund. She is a graduate of Fordham University with a major in communications/journalism and a minor in business.
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Gesa Credit Union publicly rolled out ValorFI Heroes, which generates charity donations through everyday debit card transactions.
March 7 -
Jenkins succeeds retiring CEO Gary Regoli at the Florida-based credit union, which has acquired several community banks and launched a bitcoin service that it later shut down.
March 6 -
Greenlight's debit card and app are intended to teach kids and teens how to earn, save, give and spend wisely, with parental supervision.
March 5 -
Sympera AI, an agentic AI fintech founded by Personetics founder David Sosna, seeks to offer AI tools to banks looking to scale their relationship banking.
March 4 -
The stock exchange has several hundred banks using its full suite of digital tools and 2,600 clients using its anti-financial-crime software, Friedman said.
March 3 -
As KeyBank grows its fintech partnership strategy, Treasury Prime is bringing KeyBank's products into its network of banks and fintechs.
February 27 -
The fintech, which works with and competes with banks, will now let business users book travel and manage expenses in one place.
February 25 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and SoLo Funds, a small-loan fintech, mutually dismissed a case regarding loan cost disclosures and state licensing.
February 24 -
Letitia James and 22 other attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in a Maryland case challenging the dissolution of the consumer protection agency.
February 20 -
First Carolina Bank has completed its acquisition of BMTX, formerly known at BankMobile, and Luvleen Sidhu is stepping away from her position as CEO.
February 19 -
Sean Desmond, the new CEO of nCino, hinted at some of the products under development in an interview with American Banker.
February 14 -
Plenty, a finance app for couples, shifted from subscriptions to an investment advisory fee-based model to differentiate from other couples-focused fintechs.
February 13 -
The digital banking software provider recently received $160 million in funding and hopes to grow its bank client list as it upgrades product offerings.
February 10 -
Banks are expecting increased M&A activity across the financial sector, but are concerned about acquisition by credit unions and tech integration challenges.
February 7 -
Desmond will be succeeding Pierre Naudé in leading the bank technology provider.
February 4 -
The company's software automatically monitored and negotiated bank fees on customers' behalf, with recent expansions into buy now/pay later bill management.
January 31 -
More than 80% of bankers surveyed said they increased their tech budgets to invest more in security, data analytics and AI.
January 30 -
Truth.Fi will offer ETFs, cryptocurrencies and crypto-related securities.
January 29 -
A partnership with fintech Apiture will give the bank new online and mobile banking services by the end of 2025.
January 28 -
Executives at JPMorgan Chase, BNY and others discussed whether AI will kill jobs and how to work with fintechs at the World Economic Forum annual meeting.
January 23
