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 trading app provider has debuted wealth management services, and will be rolling out banking and new AI-powered investment tools later in the year.
By Melinda LucyMarch 27 -
The digital bank announced upgrades to its online and mobile platforms that let users see financial information from multiple accounts on one dashboard.
By Melinda LucyMarch 26 -
A recent American Bankers Association survey showed improvement since 2022, but overall scores are still lower than in 2020 and gaps widened between providers.
By Melinda Lucy and Frank GarganoMarch 21 -
The small-business lender bought a Chicago community bank in what some experts say will be the first of many such deals.
By Melinda LucyMarch 20 -
The Geneva-based core banking provider is hiring U.S. tech talent to build AI-powered solutions for banks.
By Melinda LucyMarch 18 -
The Queens, New York-based community mutual bank held a grand opening ceremony to open a new office space exclusively for its tech employees.
By Melinda LucyMarch 13 -
Through its collaboration with Ozone API, Bespin Global's U.S. branch will offer its bank clients an "end-to-end" open banking solution.
By Melinda LucyMarch 11 -
Gesa Credit Union publicly rolled out ValorFI Heroes, which generates charity donations through everyday debit card transactions.
By Melinda LucyMarch 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.
By Melinda LucyMarch 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.
By Melinda LucyMarch 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.
By Melinda LucyMarch 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.
By Melinda LucyMarch 3 -
As KeyBank grows its fintech partnership strategy, Treasury Prime is bringing KeyBank's products into its network of banks and fintechs.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 27 -
The fintech, which works with and competes with banks, will now let business users book travel and manage expenses in one place.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 25 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and SoLo Funds, a small-loan fintech, mutually dismissed a case regarding loan cost disclosures and state licensing.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 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.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 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.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 19 -
Sean Desmond, the new CEO of nCino, hinted at some of the products under development in an interview with American Banker.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 14 -
Plenty, a finance app for couples, shifted from subscriptions to an investment advisory fee-based model to differentiate from other couples-focused fintechs.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 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.
By Melinda LucyFebruary 10



















