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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The fintech Fair isn’t using terms like “sharia” or “Islam” in its messaging, but it is offering interest-free loans and socially responsible investments that comply with Islamic rules.
April 23 -
Till Financial provides a banking app for kids and their parents that encourages them to broker money transfer agreements and save toward their goals. As users age, Till will earn revenue by guiding them to more adult financial products.
April 22 -
Queensborough National Bank and Trust in Georgia is one of several banks aiming to recruit tech-savvy interns through a network of universities and fintech companies.
April 20 -
By migrating to Fiserv’s DNA core account processing platform, Citizens Bank & Trust in Guntersville, Ala., aims to give customers instant updates on balances and transactions.
April 16 -
Ally, Huntington, KeyBank and others are reimagining automated savings tools challenger banks have made popular.
April 13 -
The Baltimore community bank is experimenting with fee-based checking accounts that bundle cellphone protection, roadside assistance and other perks with an app that makes such services easier to use. Early returns are promising.
April 9 -
The joint checking account is similar to its individual checking feature, launched last April, and will target millennial couples in particular.
April 8 -
The company has changed the dynamics of its meetings, created diversity metrics and deployed software to make job descriptions gender-neutral.
April 6 -
The company, which provides workplace investing programs to banks, is giving employees a say in some decisions and working with partners to recruit women and people of color.
April 5 -
Small, often intangible quality-of-life perks are a big part of what makes some fintechs the best ones to work for.
March 31
