The fintech, which is reportedly building a checking and savings account into its app, is using its banking charter to speed the development of new services as it races its rivals to deliver an all-in-one app.

The banking technology provider Zeta raised $250 million from SoftBank Vision Fund II at a valuation of $1.45 billion, winning its first venture backing to help fuel its expansion.

Business leaders in Atlanta and San Francisco warn that the digital divide will widen if Black-owned companies can't accept online and mobile payments.

The investment in Finitive is one of a number of technology agreements that the commercial lender has struck recently in an effort to broaden its reach.

It is time for banks to figure out their role in the future financial ecosystem to avoid becoming a casualty of the creative destruction process.

Regulators must urgently usher the unbanked or underbanked individuals into the wider financial ecosystem as they continue to craft open banking rules, says FISPAN's Clayton Weir.

The New York neobank is creating a marketplace where partners and competitors can offer banking, insurance and other financial products, CEO Dee Choubey says. If the effort lives up to billing, it could come closer to a truly open platform than any other so far.

The next step for retailers is to bring consumers the benefits and experience of being in store, from the comfort of their home, says FIS' Dan Brames.

U.K. and EU regulations enable cards that provide digital-first features for funds kept in a different bank's account.

The maker of software that helps banks offer "buy now, pay later" loans at the point of sale says its latest funding round has pushed it into unicorn status.