Miriam Cross is a Washington-based reporter covering bank technology and fintech at American Banker. Previously, she was an associate editor at Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
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Finding loan forgiveness programs and keep-the-change loan paydowns are examples of services startups like Savi, Summer and FutureFuel.io are offering banks to help borrowers manage their monthly payments.
July 23 -
The online lender has already branched out into facilitating payments and analyzing cash flow for small-business customers. Its new checking account is meant to round out those services.
July 22 -
The agency's request for information seeks comment on the idea of the FDIC partnering with a standards-setting organization to develop best practices for technology firms, among other things.
July 20 -
Fintechs like Greenlight and gohenry have drawn millions of teens with features like savings goal tracking and customizable debit cards.
July 16 -
Rho initially focused on startups, but now it’s targeting businesses with 100 or more employees.
July 16 -
JPMorgan Chase is one financial institution that plans to test Google Cloud’s new Confidential Computing product.
July 14 -
After tech firms assisted community bankers in processing applications in the Paycheck Protection Program, small-business lenders are continuing to engage with cloud providers and other outside companies to automate the loan forgiveness process.
July 10 -
The Minneapolis bank's U.S. Bank Foundation is helping Girls With Impact expand its programming to participants in New York City.
July 9 -
The days of meeting with mentors and pitching investors in person are at least temporarily over, but fintech incubators, accelerators and boot camps are finding creative ways to replicate these valuable experiences online.
July 7 -
Some financial institutions are using emotion AI, which picks up subtle signals over text, audio and video, to help their customer service agents do their jobs better.
July 7
