Melinda Lucy (formerly Huspen) covers financial 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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The Brazil-based fintech got conditional approval from the OCC to bring its digital banking services to U.S. customers.
January 29 -
The fintech, founded by an ex-Coinbase executive, seeks to offer stablecoin-powered global money movement services to businesses.
January 29 -
At a time when banks have tokenization, stablecoin and blockchain projects in the works, senior leaders will exchange ideas at a New York conference.
January 27 -
The Brazilian digital bank Banco Inter now has a license from the Federal Reserve Board and the state of Florida to establish a virtual "branch" in Miami.
January 23 -
The newly launched digital credit union, CineFi, aims to serve creative professionals in the Atlanta area as well as First Entertainment's existing member base in Los Angeles.
January 20 -
The fintech investment firm Portage is now managing a $280 million portfolio acquired from the venture arm of Mets owner Steven Cohen's firm Point72.
January 15 -
The U.K. payments processor announced its acquisition of an alternative merchant acquirer license from the state of Georgia as part of its U.S. expansion.
January 12 -
Jelena McWilliams, former chair of the FDIC, is joining data sharing fintech Plaid as its new president of corporate and external affairs.
January 9 -
The Netherlands-based digital bank Bunq filed its second U.S. charter application this week after successfully receiving a broker-deal license late last year.
January 8 -
PicPay is making a second attempt at entering the U.S. market as a profitable digital bank and a competitor to fellow Brazilian fintech Nubank.
January 6 -
Mike Dargan, former chief operations and technology officer for UBS, stepped down at the end of 2025 and will become the CEO of neobank N26 this spring.
January 2 -
Fintechs sought to acquire the rights and privileges of bank charters in various ways this year, from de novo applications to buying up banks.
December 31 -
The fintech IPO drought ended this year with several large public exits by firms such as Chime, Klarna and Circle.
December 30 -
Michigan State University Federal Credit Union avoided $2.57 million in fraud exposure through blocking AI deepfake fraud calls with Pindrop products.
December 23 -
The bank technology company is adding offices in the U.S. and India as part of its quest to reach clients outside of its U.K. home base.
December 19 -
The Nashville community bank is focusing on growing its "digital branches" through fintech partnerships and embedded banking with its latest funding round.
December 16 -
The small Missouri community bank partnered with embedded banking provider Treasury Prime to connect with fintechs and signed on its first sponsoree earlier this year.
December 15 -
The payments fintech reported an $8 billion valuation as it aims to establish a second global headquarters in Silicon Valley and expand into Europe and the U.K.
December 11 -
PNC is one of the first major banks to offer bitcoin trading services directly to eligible private client accounts in a limited launch with Coinbase.
December 10 -
The Texas-based community bank is turning itself into a "digital asset financial institution" as the Trump administration pushes crypto-friendly policy and other banks make their bids.
December 9
