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Staff at major banks and some of the world’s biggest technology giants are increasingly leaving for fintech startups, new analysis shows. 

Bill Partin will step down on Dec. 31, having spent nearly 10 years as Sharonview’s president and chief executive.

The two banks, which recently pushed back the deadline for their $2.6 billion merger, pledged Monday to ditch nonsufficient-funds fees, among other more consumer-friendly changes.

The founders of Integro Bank expect to secure this month the final round of capital needed to open the second startup bank in the state since 2007.

Citigroup plans to hire more than 4,000 tech staff to help move its institutional clients online in the wake of the pandemic.

Banks and fintechs wonder if regulators are getting more comfortable with machine learning-based ways of assessing credit, or if agency oversight will mean a crackdown. 

The credit union has promoted Daniel Wolford to be its president and CEO. He succeeds Jeffery Trickett, who recently retired.

The boost in the transfer ceiling — to $1 million from $100,000 — is opening new use cases for firms such as Dwolla that connect to the transaction rail.

For all of the regulators’ progress over the years, many are still relying on an internal technology framework that was built for 1992, not 2022.

As the potential for a recession looms, the New York bank is continuing with its plan to grow wealth management and shrink its foreign consumer banking footprint.