Penny Crosman is Executive Editor, Technology at American Banker and its publisher, Arizent. Prior to taking on this role, she was Editor in Chief of Bank Technology News. She has held senior editorial roles at Bank Systems & Technology, Wall Street & Technology, Intelligent Enterprise, Network Magazine and Imaging Magazine.
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Thibault Fulconis recently became CFO of the digital banking venture Varo Money, which has applied for a national bank charter.
August 21 -
Citigroup was so impressed after a two-year test drive of software from the AI vendor Anaconda it decided to invest in the firm.
August 20 -
The bank is working with SpringFour and Genivity, two graduates of its mentorship program, and plans more such partnerships.
August 17 -
Banks and credit unions — especially smaller ones — are being told to brace themselves for a wave of ATM raids by cybercrooks. Industry officials are uncertain what information the red alert is based on, but experts say swift, sophisticated thefts are very doable.
August 16 -
Happy Money and Arcus have joined a pack of fintechs and online lenders urging customers to forgo expensive credit card debt, in this case calling it a "sad spend."
August 16 -
Banks — especially smaller ones — are being told to brace themselves for a wave of ATM raids by cybercrooks. Industry officials are uncertain what information the red alert is based on, but experts say swift, sophisticated thefts are very doable.
August 15 -
It bothered Jeannie Tarkenton, founder of Funding University, that too many kids from lower-income families didn't graduate because they lacked just a few thousand dollars and couldn't get a loan.
August 13 -
Bci Miami is one of the first banks in the U.S. to publicly acknowledge using AI this way, when many still consider the technology to be new, risky and unsanctioned by regulators.
August 9 -
The online lender’s president, Steve Allocca, shares how the company weathered scandal and hints at future plans to grow its product set.
August 9 -
A $52 million-asset African-American-owned bank in South Carolina is hoping its efforts can be expanded to help underbanked consumers nationwide.
August 6