Database Management Services, Inc.'s HomeCU home banking software is offering a "switch accounts" feature that allows a member to switch from one account to another without having to log off and back on while using the Internet banking product. DMS said Home CU is truly "versionless," in that CUs using the software never have to wait for the next version to be released. Instead such enhancements are offered on an ongoing basis at no additional charge, the firm said.
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Consumer debt aggregators such as Method, Payitoff, Spinwheel and Tally are partnering with financial institutions to embed solutions that aggregate account information and devise ways to optimize repayment — including with low-interest offers from the bank itself.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chair Martin Gruenberg will testify next week in Congress. Those hearings — which will come after the publication of a bombshell report detailing widespread misconduct at the agency — could signal whether he has a future at the FDIC.
Bank stocks are up this year as interest rates have leveled off and there are hopes that pressure on lenders' profits could moderate.
National Australia Bank is adding a Pay By Bank option for near-instant payments, Italy is bringing open-loop payments to buses in Tuscany, and more.
DCI in Hutchinson, Kansas, is giving employees unsure about retirement the option to work part-time and gradually ease into the next phase of their lives.
McCargo will succeed Teresa Bryce Bazemore at what the former sees as a "transitional, pivotal moment" for the Federal Home Loan bank.
