First Electronic Bank is using technology from Spring Labs to analyze its fintech partners' customer communications and identify problems.

SpringFour, which partners with banks and lenders to deliver financial resources to their end users, will join the C&R Software umbrella, where it hopes to expand into other markets beyond financial services.

The banking-as-a-service company is still going through bankruptcy proceedings and millions in customer funds remain missing, but founder Sankaet Pathak has already made a fresh start and won venture capital support.

Nonbanks that rely on sponsor banks to underpin their financial services may assume that "going direct" is safer after the Synapse bankruptcy. But banking-as-a-service middleware has its merits.

The Swedish institution is adding savings accounts to its signature buy now/pay later service as it plots an IPO. Analysts say it will be a struggle to go against U.S. institutions.

Chatbots and other non-human service options got lower scores in J.D. Power's annual survey on credit card satisfaction, despite years of shifting from call-center agents to software to address client problems.

Minneapolis-based buy now/pay later fintech Sezzle has partnered with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association to have its brand represented on uniforms until 2027.

The consumer lender has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to sell its credit card portfolio, which will simplify its business to personal loans and automated savings.

In short, if the early days of BaaS were driven by market opportunity, the coming days of BaaS will be driven by the operational apparatus and software to acquire and manage that opportunity.

Unless the SEC appeals, a New York judge's decision brings an end to the regulator's four-year battle with the crypto company. But it leaves questions over the legality of crypto unanswered.