Fintech
Fintech
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For many newcomers to the U.S., establishing credit is a big challenge. A handful of entrepreneurs are developing tools to help verify their financial histories.
February 9 -
It’s not just hourly workers who struggle to make ends meet — many managers also often find themselves short on cash each month. To help employees cope, the retail chain is using a tool developed by the fintech Even to give them access to their wages before the next pay period.
February 8 -
Banks are capitalizing on changing consumer habits - and satisfying a pressing need to diversify their loan portfolios - with a spate of instant point-of-sale loans for everything from iPhones to home improvements.
February 7 -
Breaking Banks producer Rachel Morrissey visits the Mastercard Innovation Lab in Nairobi and reports on ideas under development there.
February 6 -
Overstock will offer automated investing to its millions of shoppers. Some financial advisers reacted with a shrug, but are they underestimating the move?
February 5 -
Digit, which launched as an automated savings app in 2015, has decided chatbots are a flawed interface. Now it’s redesigning its popular app to reflect its new vision.
February 5 -
The few U.S. banks embracing data sharing say the industry is moving toward the standard.
February 1 -
The fintech revolution is now touching almost every market in the payments space. Some are still further ahead than others, so expect 2018 to be a year of consolidation in more mature sectors, but one of rapid change in those with some catching up to do, writes David Yohe, vice president of marketing at BillingTree.
February 1 -
As it secures new funding and creates a joint venture in Japan, Moven says it is close to becoming a full-fledged U.S. “challenger” by purchasing a traditional bank.
January 31 -
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday on the fintech industry as Congress is still beginning the conversation about what a legislative approach should look like.
January 30 -
The pioneering brand re-enters a market where fintechs now account for over 30% of personal loan originations.
January 30 -
Nano Financial will offer new technology to Commerce Bank's commercial customers as it considers ways to license it to other financial institutions.
January 25 -
Plans by IDT and MercuryFX to test XRP for cross-border payments are another vote of confidence for Ripple’s products.
January 24 -
Enterprise customers will be able to send payment data to the bank through an application programming interface, rather than as XML or Swift files.
January 24 -
Executives point out while they are fixing the online lender's very public problems, loan originations are still in the billions and it has expanded into wealth management.
January 24 -
SoFi's experience shows that the most prominent names in fintech, while generating massive financial support, still operate in a very volatile world.
January 23 -
Stepping in after co-founder Mike Cagney's resignation, Twitter's Anthony Noto needs to overhaul the firm's corporate culture, lay the groundwork for an IPO and determine whether to renew SoFi's pursuit of a bank charter.
January 23 -
Few fees, automated savings and social media engagement all reel in the 23- to 37-year-old set and present a competitive threat to big, traditional banks, according to CEO Chris Britt.
January 23 -
The online lender is integrating itself with several popular software programs to provide lending as a service. It’s an open-banking road map for skeptical banks.
January 22 -
Fears about regulators coming down on digital currency trading caused an epic crash in the market. But reining in this evolving asset class won't be easy.
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