DENVER - (12/24/04) -- Centrix Financial LLC said it plansto expand outside it core business of insuring subprime auto loansthrough credit unions and start marketing subprime loans directlyto consumers. Centrix plans to market the service, which willprovide subprime borrowers with direct links to area auto dealers,online. The company plans to hire add as many as 400 employees tothe 1,000 it has now to facilitate the expansion.
JPMorganChase wants to expand its digital bank offerings to three more European countries, according to a new Financial Times report; M&T Bank Corp. elects Jerry Jacobs Jr. to the board of directors of both its parent and banking subsidiary; Citizens Financial Group names Chris Emerson as head of investor relations; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
Banks that don't embrace embedded payments now risk losing out to more nimble rivals in the near future.
Anthropic's head of banking told New York Banking Summit attendees that the future is agents that operate autonomously alongside employees.
Chair Travis Hill said SVB showed banks can't always sell securities fast enough to cover deposit outflows, but acknowledged the "stigma problem" with discount window borrowing remains unsolved.
At a conference in New York, Joseph Otting reflected on the difficult hiring decisions he made early in his tenure heading Flagstar Bank, which just two years ago was on the verge of collapse.
Back-office automation fintech BILL Holdings is using JPMorgan Payments white-label digital wallet to subledger its own clients' accounts. Reconciling client payments for BILL's corporate card, the BILL Divvy Card is the company's first use case.
