Mobile banking

Tala plans to use the latest round of funding to develop new products for its customers in Kenya, Tanzania, the Philippines, India and Mexico.

Bank of America is investing heavily in videoconferencing at unstaffed branches, Citigroup is experimenting with gamification and Union Bank’s PurePoint Financial is going entirely paperless.

The announcement is an example of how Green Dot, which swung from a loss to a profit in the fourth quarter, is focusing on technology partnerships with Intuit, Uber and others to boost its bottom line.

For $29 a month, MoneyLion customers will receive a checking account with no minimum balance requirement and will have access to a large a network of ATMs, as well as low-interest personal loans and financial advice.

Online account opening and facial recognition features on mobile apps are among the technologies the bank intends to introduce or improve upon this year, CEO Jamie Dimon wrote in his yearly shareholder letter.

The financial services industry and community reinvestment advocates both praised the Treasury Department’s recommendations for reforming Community Reinvestment Act enforcement.

AxiomGo is being offered to customers seeking alternatives to prepaid cards and traditional checking accounts.

A growing number of fintechs are finding ways to cater their offerings to credit union members, including one co-founded by a former credit union CEO.

One fintech has a new twist on gamification — tie savings contributions to achievement in the most popular games.

The Berlin company hopes to shake up the U.S. market with real-time, mobile-first, millennial-friendly banking, and the new infusion of cash from Allianz and Tencent will help.