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Ross, who came from workforce software company Ceridian, will lead MoneyGram's direct-to-consumer business and global digital strategy.

Texas National Bank in Mercedes, Texas, is testing how alternative data can improve the speed and accuracy with which it lends to its small-business customers.

IntraFi, R&T Deposit Solutions and other companies help banks capture and insure the entirety of their customers' balances — a cogent need in the aftermath of SVB.

The fintech founder was also Square's first chief technology officer and the chief product officer of blockchain-based payments company MobileCoin.

The equity deal means that Acorns will gain a foothold in the U.K. and Europe, where GoHenry, the challenger bank it acquired, also operates.

Challenger banks MoneyLion, Acorns and Moves are partnering with "taxtech" companies to extend free or low-cost filing help to customers.

Greenlight, developer of a digital banking app for kids and parents, launched a B2B product for financial institutions. Morgan Stanley and WaFd Bank are early partners.

Financial institutions have a checkered history with students. A credit union and bank point to the benefits of their new products.

The financial technology company, best known for its higher education business, is hiring a co-CEO and promoting its chief technology and chief accounting officers.

Adapted Accessibility is a browser plug-in that will help employees, and eventually customers, more effectively browse the web by setting on-screen preferences.

Bank of America's Merrill Lynch arm has been steadily rolling out digital products since 2020, most recently a program for advisors to produce short videos.

Some cities and states are making employers disclose salary ranges in job ads. This could make recruiting top talent harder for startups with lower pay scales.

Mercury, NorthOne and other challenger banks that serve small business owners are seeing a boost from SVB's collapse. But the effects may be short-lived.

Observers say that most other banks with an overlapping customer base are in a better place than SVB to manage the risks.

A disagreement over growth with its original banking-as-a-service provider prompted challenger bank HMBradley to seek a new and larger sponsor and purchase a new core.

Archway, which will help community and regional banks integrate third-party providers with their existing systems, has raised $15 million of venture funding in connection with the spinoff.

AlumniFi, built by Michigan State University Federal Credit Union and Nymbus, has partnered with fintechs to help its college-grad users improve their finances and pay down debt.

A community bank in Missouri plans to offer fractional stock rewards later this year, while a small bank in Utah is winding down a similar program.

Comun is one of several emerging neobanks specifically for Latino immigrants to the United States, but it has a distinctive feature: The default language is Spanish.

Compliance software helps banks onboard and monitor cannabis business clients in a regulatory grey zone.