Fintech
Fintech
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A conversation with Greg Carmichael, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fifth Third Bancorp discussing the consumer banking trends and lessons learned during the pandemic.
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As more consumers look for alternatives to credit cards, investors are flocking to point of sale credit firms, with Affirm raising a fresh $500 million.
September 18 -
The company, which left New York in 2015 to avoid its regulations on virtual currencies, has found a more welcoming state.
September 16 -
A survey conducted by Harris Poll and commissioned by Plaid found that 60% of U.S. adults are using more apps to manage money since the onset of the pandemic.
September 15 -
Credit and debit cards, merchant apps and loyalty programs are being linked through a platform from U.K-based Fidel to provide real-time rewards, business expense management, digital receipts, and charity donations.
September 15 -
Justice Department officials have embarked on a rewrite of antitrust policy that could waive certain requirements for community bank mergers and provide fewer advantages to large, out-of-town buyers and banks in urban areas.
September 13 -
Lenders press Congress to restart — and revamp — the Paycheck Protection Program; Fed corrects stress test error for Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs; M&T's new fintech unit rolls out first product; and more from this week's most-read stories.
September 11 -
American Express is expanding into the fast-growing European market for open banking-based payment initiation services with its Pay with Bank transfer platform.
September 11 -
The bank's innovation group has developed a software tool for law firms. It hopes the project will help it speed products to market and attract top technology talent.
September 9 -
Many of the changes on the horizon were inevitable, but the pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital payments and finance, forcing banks to reevaluate their models and pivot toward faster technology adoption.
September 9 -
Melio, which specializes in streamlining SMBs’ payments to suppliers, has raised an additional $80 million in venture capital funding to power its rapid growth during the pandemic.
September 8 -
The fintech and the Minnesota bank it acquired last week, renamed Mid-Central National Bank, intend to pioneer a new method of storing and moving money for consumers.
September 8 -
Fintech lenders that reported a surge in missed payments at the start of the pandemic have seen credit quality rebound substantially since. But credit performance could still deteriorate if high unemployment persists and Congress fails to enact more relief measures.
September 8 -
The Ohio regional added a feature to its mobile app that analyzes a customer's spending habits before sweeping small amounts of cash into a savings account.
September 8 -
Investors have poured a fresh $106 million into Amsterdam payments service provider Mollie, boosting its valuation past $1 billion.
September 8 -
The pandemic-driven move to electronic payments isn't slowing down, and card issuers are finding an eager group of innovators promising a speedy migration to digital card production.
September 8 -
Institutions considering new technologies must ask themselves what they're looking for not just from a product but from a partner.
September 4 -
The bank's Pershing unit is using fingerprint and facial recognition technology on Apple devices to protect user access to its desktop software.
September 4 -
In the short term, there’s no doubt that acquiring is faster than building something yourself. But to maintain quality and value for your merchants, you have to go through the process of deeply understanding the problem to build a solution that truly solves it, says Adyen's Ingo Uytdehaage.
September 4 -
The California company has acquired Mid-Central Federal Savings Bank, which is converting to a national bank.
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