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.

The Massachusetts bank used data analytics to improve onboarding, cross-sell more effectively and prevent attrition.

The digital commercial bank has been fleshing out its business lines and technology over the past year. Its new capital raise will help further those efforts.

Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Citi invested $20 million in Genesis Global, a company that helps financial markets organizations develop applications through its low-code platform.

The Cincinnati bank used to rely on surveys to gauge how satisfied customers were after speaking to a contact center agent. Technology has made the task easier and more comprehensive, and spotlighted common issues that triggered a high volume of calls.

Financial institutions such as Encore Bank, Central Pacific Bank, Climate First Bank and Lead Bank are in various stages of exploring or accelerating relationships with fintechs, even as market conditions make the Baas business model less attractive.

The ability to pay with points, get virtual replacement cards and monitor data sharing are all on the list, according to Forrester Research.

Vikram Pandit, who led Citi for five years, and Ash Gupta, who helped lead American Express for 41 years, have collaborated on a risk decisioning program meant to help make digital lending more efficient and cost-effective at banks of all sizes.

Kristy Kim, co-founder and CEO of TomoCredit, started out trying to help immigrants like herself access credit. With the latest funding round, she hopes to expand beyond credit cards.

Brooke Ybarra, who joined the organization in September 2021, will oversee the division that explores new technologies and the policy questions that arise.

Alloy, Marqeta and other technology firms drafted policies to assist employees in states that restrict abortion access, even before they had all the answers.