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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Speakers at the Most Powerful Women in Banking conference Tuesday shared several scenarios in which banks will benefit from dollar-pegged cryptocurrency.
By Melinda LucyOctober 21 -
AlumniFi, the digital banking arm of Michigan State University's official credit union, is now an official bank partner for the NCAA's Big East conference.
By Melinda LucyOctober 20 -
Younger borrowers are increasingly moving money away from financial institutions, but banks could recapture Gen Z capital by helping them build credit.
By Melinda LucyOctober 10 -
Thurlow led the Massachusetts-based mutual bank through a merger that increased its asset size by nearly 40% while serving as the chair of the ABA last year.
By Melinda LucyOctober 7 -
The superregional bank ranked at the top of surveys from Javelin Strategy and Keynova Group on mobile banking features for the second consecutive year.
By Melinda LucyOctober 6 -
The digital bank is expanding its investment offerings with a lower-risk, fee-free level of options trading.
By Melinda LucyOctober 2 -
The Brazil-based neobank has 122.7 million customers in three countries and is focused on international expansion.
By Melinda LucySeptember 30 -
The robo-adviser fintech publicly released its S-1 filing on Monday, even as a government shutdown could chill the IPO market.
By Melinda LucySeptember 30 -
The digital asset tech provider, which recently raised $140 million, will power Morgan Stanley's E*Trade crypto offerings early next year.
By Melinda LucySeptember 24 -
Stablecore, a recently founded fintech, completed its first funding round with the goal of bringing stablecoin technology to banks and credit unions.
By Melinda LucySeptember 22 -
The fintech, which powers debt collections for banks and credit unions, received a "strategic investment" from Vista Equity Partners to expand into agentic AI.
By Melinda LucySeptember 18 -
St. Cloud Financial Credit Union will be issuing its own stablecoin at the end of this year, becoming one of the first U.S. credit unions to do so.
By Melinda LucySeptember 17 -
Since the completion of the One Ally project in the first half of 2025, the bank reported 10.5% net deposit growth from customers who initially were not deposit holders.
By Melinda LucySeptember 17 -
The AI-powered auto lender is the latest fintech to debut an IPO in recent months, even as a different auto lender filed for bankruptcy this week.
By Melinda LucySeptember 12 -
The cross-border transfer platform is broadening its business model with a subscription-based membership and products like a digital wallet and cash advances.
By Melinda LucySeptember 11 -
Mattera built ConnectOne Bank's project management office from scratch over the past two years and recently deployed it for an M&A-driven tech integration.
By Melinda LucySeptember 10 -
Volunteering for more responsibilities put this tech exec in line to run software projects of increasing importance to her bank.
By Melinda LucySeptember 10 -
Bank clients of Jack Henry's digital platform provider Banno can offer stock rewards programs directly to their customers via a partnership with Bits of Stock.
By Melinda LucySeptember 8 -
A cohort of U.K.-based fintech founders are fundraising to launch a digital bank for high net worth individuals, known internally as "Project Arnaud."
By Melinda LucySeptember 5 -
The wireless service plans join a variety of banking and payment products offered by OnePay, a fintech company backed by the big-box retailer Walmart.
By Melinda LucySeptember 4




















