Citibanamex is developing data-sharing tools to enable fintechs to become its partners — before they can become competitors.

Individual stock trading may seem far removed from these companies' core payments business, but the service could fatten account balances and increase customer engagement.

It’s been going on in Europe for some time, but more U.S. banks are working with retailers, health care providers and other companies behind the scenes to offer loans, cards and other financial services.

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The Fed, FDIC and OCC have issued guidance that says community banks should consider risk factors such as financial strength and business experience when evaluating potential fintech partners.

Some credit unions are leaning heavily on tech partners to speed payments and loan decisions, offer online financial planning sessions and deploy virtual assistant technology developed at MIT.

Mary Daly called for new partnerships among fintechs, banks and community groups aimed at improving long-standing inequities in the financial system.

In combining with the special-purpose acquisition company InterPrivate III Financial Partners, the fintech says it will have more than $400 million to pour into marketing campaigns and invest in new technology.

CEO Thomas Cangemi is pushing to modernize a bank that for decades was focused largely on multifamily lending. The company has already agreed to buy the mortgage lender Flagstar Bancorp and its partnership with Figure Technologies, a blockchain-focused fintech, has the potential to make that acquisition more productive.

Credijusto, the first fintech in Mexico to buy a bank, plans to cater to a market that traditional banks often overlook: smaller businesses engaged in commerce between the two countries.