Fintech

Vodafone Group hinted it could spin off its African mobile money service M-Pesa after its popularity soared through the coronavirus pandemic.

The goal is to add customers and prop up borrowing until business travel rebounds and consumers burn through their excess cash, CEO Roger Hochschild says.

MoneyGram International, one of the largest money-transfer services in the U.S., has received preliminary takeover interest from Stellar Development Foundation and the private equity firm Advent International, according to people familiar with the matter.

The London interbank offered rate was a flawed benchmark, but it was nonetheless a centerpiece of finance for decades. Congress should ensure it doesn't replace one interest rate monoculture with another as Libor winds down.

The card brand's spots will focus less on credit cards and more on real-time payroll, cryptocurrency and mobile commerce.

Blending its existing technology with new authentication measures, the company aims to cut costs for credit unions that don't want to join the bank-run peer-to-peer network.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent advisory on the products was mild, but some analysts say it's only a matter of time before the agency develops more prescriptive rules and targets providers for enforcement.

The fintech's new checking, savings and lending package caters to clients who want to separate their corporate accounts from personal banking.

Citigroup stopped taking applications for its $495-a-year Prestige card, a competitor to American Express’s Platinum line and JPMorgan Chase’s Sapphire Reserve.

While money market funds are flocking to the Federal Reserve’s overnight reverse repurchase agreement facility for the yield, large U.S. banks are using the program to shed unwanted deposits.