Miriam Cross

Mos, a company that started out helping students find financial aid, is embellishing its banking features with cash advances, gig finding help and financial advice.

Agility Bank, Encore Bank, Queensborough National Bank and others have chosen or are considering less-mainstream core systems vendors because of their responsiveness and adaptability.

The online-only bank's new checking account is the first release of its Do More Business line of products for small-business owners.

BankTech Ventures, which is the product of five firms including two community banks, finds fintechs that its bank partners could work with and invest in.

Financial institutions have a solid track record of keeping customers for the long haul, but technology firms, fintechs and challenger banks are gaining ground on the incumbents.

Banks such as FNBO and Ally Financial have taken to the social media channel to appeal to younger customers.

Websites such as Credit Karma and LendingTree, which work closely with financial institutions, have had to rethink their strategies to bounce back from the pandemic.

The founder of the New York City bank and CDFI focused on lending to underserved communities and augmenting digital capabilities.

Jacqueline Reses, who drove Square Capital's successful application to become an industrial loan company, is now chairman of Lead Bank in Kansas City, Missouri.

The bank and insurance company for military members accused Truist Financial of infringing on the technology it claims it invented that allows the use of regular mobile devices to capture and transmit checks.