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  • Diversity and equality
    A digital bank for the LGBT community

    Daylight's initial product lineup includes a prepaid debit card with the customer’s chosen name and educational content around issues unique to LGBT households.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 20
    Rob Curtis and Billie Simmons, founders of Daylight
  • Digital banking
    With bank charter in hand, Varo sweetens its offerings

    The company's new relationship with Billshark highlights its quest for partners that can deliver financial management products to complement its banking services.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 19
  • Digital banking
    Challenger bank Bella to promote pay-it-forward mentality

    The startup, created in partnership with conversational AI platform LivePerson, will encourage users to send sums of money to strangers.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 18
    Angelo D'Alessandro, co-founder and CEO of Bella
  • Digital banking
    Moven and Q2 partner to help small banks compete with challengers

    The two companies have worked together to provide a banking app that community banks can implement and deploy in 30 days.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 18
    Brett King, founder, Moven
  • Consumer banking
    Mobile emerges as top preference for bank customers

    A recent survey by the American Bankers Association found that mobile apps surpassed online banking as the go-to platform for consumers earlier this year, and its popularity has continued to rise since the onset of the pandemic.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 18
  • Digital banking
    Douugh launches with AI to help the affluent improve financial habits

    The challenger bank will start by recommending how much users should allocate toward savings and spending, and will later transfer those amounts automatically.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 17
    Andy Taylor, founder and CEO of Douugh
  • Social media
    Banks turn to influencers to build buzz about their brands

    Financial institutions like Ally Financial, Clinton Savings Bank and First National Bank of Omaha are recruiting personal finance experts, college students and local personalities to promote their products and services.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 15
  • Fintech
    Truebill secures $17M to enhance its personal finance app

    The fintech startup, which originally helped users cancel duplicate subscriptions, now wants to encourage healthier financial practices.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 12
    Yahya Mokhtarzada, co-founder and chief revenue officer, Truebill
  • Marketplace lending
    Why PPP fraud hit fintechs harder than banks

    Scammers may have had more success at duping fintechs than banks in obtaining Paycheck Protection Program loans. But there are reasons for this apparent disparity.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 11
  • Consumer banking
    BBVA and Prosper partner to offer digital home equity lines

    The two companies first started collaborating last year, but now BBVA has white-labeled Prosper’s technology on its own website.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 10
    Murat Kalkan, BBVA USA head of mortgage banking
  • Digital banking
    Citi tests long-term viability of video banking

    Though most bank customers expect to return to calling or meeting in person with their bankers when the pandemic is over, Citigroup is gauging how much business it can keep in the videoconferencing channel.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 10
  • AB - Technology
    Podcast Why Current is being contrarian on need for bank charter

    Most fintechs entertain the idea of getting a commercial banking license from time to time, but Current is content partnering with banks, says founder and CEO Stuart Sopp.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 9
    Stuart Sopp, CEO, Current
  • Fintech
    Beam chief says there’s another side to story of deposit mishandling

    Some customer fraud and a lack of cooperation from partners Huntington Bank and Dwolla prevented Beam Financial from returning funds to savers, says Aaron Du, the fintech's CEO. He says he’s trying to make things right, but Huntington and Dwolla are taking the dispute to court.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    November 4
    Highlights of alleged fraud scheme at Beam
  • Customer experience
    How U.S. Bank, People's United use tech to predict customer needs

    The two banks are among those deploying advanced analytics to give customers advice before they may even know they need it.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    November 3
  • Ally Financial
    Why Ally Bank built an island on Animal Crossing

    The digital bank is on a larger mission to attract younger customers. It's inserting itself into the popular video game in the hope that game players will learn about its products and have fun at the same time.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    October 30
    Jimmie Johnson race track on Ally Island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Small business
    BlueVine expands into business checking

    The challenger bank now offers small businesses checking, lending and payments services on one platform and can link them through Plaid to external bank accounts.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    October 29
    Eyal Lifshitz, CEO and co-founder, BlueVine
  • Fintech
    Promontory Interfinancial rebrands as IntraFi, looks to diversify

    The company is best known for its reciprocal deposit program, but it’s finding new ways to serve banks without competing for their customers.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    October 29
    Mark Jacobsen, cofounder and CEO, IntraFi
  • Digital banking
    HSBC ramps up digital banking for businesses

    The global bank has rolled out cash-flow forecasting tools as financial institutions race to meet urgent demands from commercial customers trying to navigate uncertain times.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    October 27
    Celent cas-flow forecasting survey
  • Fintech
    Should banks be worried about skyrocketing fintech valuations?

    Speculation is part of the reason for the growing differential in market capitalization between legacy financial institutions and upstarts. But one venture capitalist says it's "a call to action" for traditional banks to match fintechs' all-digital, customer-friendly services.

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    By Penny Crosman
    Executive Editor, Technology at Arizent
    October 26
    Global fintech
  • Digital banking
    Virtual branch concept making inroads in U.S.

    Foreign banks for years have been using technology that folds several communication and information-sharing capabilities into one platform. Now Citigroup and others here are showing interest because of the growing importance of digital in the pandemic.

    By Miriam Cross
    Tech Reporter
    October 23
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