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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Daylight, which launched less than two years ago, is building a subscription service that helps LGBTQ customers overcome the complexities of starting a family.
By Miriam CrossNovember 23 -
BMO Financial in Canada and Re:start, a neobank in Texas, are letting those displaced by war apply for accounts online with atypical documentation.
By Miriam CrossNovember 21 -
Machine learning and automation could be pivotal in helping consumers and small businesses outside the mainstream access credit and other basic banking services, several panelists said at the Financial Technology Association's inaugural Fintech Summit.
By Miriam CrossNovember 18 -
Btech Consortium, a partnership between several small banks, a venture capital firm and an asset manager, will identify emerging technologies that meet their members' near-term needs.
By Miriam CrossNovember 17 -
Onward, an app that recently raised a Series A from investors that include Citi Ventures, helps separated and divorced parents transparently share expenses and pay each other back in one spot.
By Miriam CrossNovember 14 -
Jeff von Gillern, who heads tech and ops at U.S. Bank, will retire in a year. Global CIO Dilip Venkatachari will join the executive committee and Souheil Badran has been hired to run operations.
By Miriam CrossNovember 11 -
FV Bank will let customers hold, transfer and settle both digital assets and fiat currencies in one account.
By Miriam CrossNovember 9 -
Arbor Bank in Nebraska will customize CD rates and maturities for customers and even show them other options from competitors.
By Miriam CrossNovember 8 -
Ally Financial and Truist Financial took different approaches to achieve the same aim: giving digital investing clients the option of speaking with an advisor.
By Miriam CrossNovember 3 -
The proliferation of mobile banking and online payment services like PayPal is one of several reasons more consumers have joined the financial mainstream, according to the FDIC's latest report on Americans' access to banking services.
By Miriam CrossOctober 31