Will Hernandez

Alkami Technology said it would use its latest round of funding to expand its white-label services for small banks and credit unions.

Paramount Financial Technologies says its software can help banks answer key questions about their branch networks, including when it makes sense to expand them.

Regional and small banks are striking digital partnerships and launching new savings offerings as they attempt to steal away business from bigger institutions.

On his watch, the $170 billion-asset HSBC USA became the first bank in the world to deploy a customer-facing robot in a branch. It's also the first bank to use wearable technology to help front-line branch staff.

The online lending marketplace will use the equity financing from WestBridge Capital to diversify the digital products its offers banks trying to compete for small-business borrowers, its CEO says.

A year after it debuted, Bank of America's virtual assistant now counts some 150,000 users per week. It's one of the few large financial institutions pushing such technology.

Raisin is planning to create an online marketplace for high-yield savings accounts and CDs for the U.S., but persuading Americans to save could be a challenge.

Galileo Processing has created a digital banking product that seeks to provide wealth managers with the offering they generally lack: an in-house savings account that pays competitive rates.

Pangea says it is developing a digital account after customers complained that the bank relationship they had wasn't "for them."

Plinqit, led by a former banker, was developed specifically for community banks as a way to appeal to young customers.