Customers will enter or modify their financial goals in Life Sync, which will immediately alert their financial advisor. 

BMO, PNC and Citigroup are all paying rates around 4% on high-yield digital savings accounts. To be eligible, though, customers must live outside of the banks' branch networks.

Bank of Montreal, which just completed its $16.3 billion takeover of Bank of the West, expects to be able to gain share even in U.S. markets where the firm only has a sparse branch presence.

JPMorgan Chase is planning to launch a digital bank in Germany as its second international consumer outpost, a move that will create a launchpad for the biggest U.S. bank to further expand in Europe.

The digital bank for small businesses is partnering with the financial software company Ramp to help its customers apply for corporate cards and access expense management and bill pay software.

Mike Abbott, global banking lead at Accenture, predicts the trends that will change the way banks operate in the coming year, including a rate environment that hasn't been seen in more than a decade, a comeback for branches and soaring credit delinquencies.

Matthew Quale was formerly the president of Bask Bank, a standalone digital brand under Texas Capital Bancshares.

About half of small businesses nationwide are now classified as financially unhealthy: They have difficulty paying bills on time, inadequate cash reserves or insufficient insurance. Eytan Bensoussan, founder and CEO of NorthOne, a neobank for small businesses, shares his thoughts on how banks and fintechs can help these customers survive.

A new app for people with a criminal past and a challenger bank "of immigrants for immigrants" are among the neobanks forging their own path in the banking world.

The Treasury Department's top official for financial markets and stability expressed little urgency over the federal government's need to prepare for the potential launch of a digital U.S. dollar.

Banco Bradesco, Brazil's second-biggest bank by market value, plans to buy more minority stakes in tech companies to accelerate its expansion in the United States.

In a survey by J.D. Power, customers of nine large banks expressed their growing unhappiness with service from human employees. Discontent rose the most among consumers under age 40.

First United Bank in Oklahoma developed a personal finance platform with a fintech that appears to be driving a rush of new savings accounts at the bank.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is in talks to invest about $200 million in Akulaku, an Indonesian online lender backed by Jack Ma's Ant Group, according to people familiar with the matter.

Regulators are chastising banks for compliance lapses among their fintech partners. But some say the software companies that connect them share some responsibility.

The platform will use artificial intelligence to create customized experiences for users.

HSBC Holdings has announced plans to shutter more than 100 of its U.K. branches next year as the bank pushes more of its customers to use its online services.

Totem is set to debut in early 2023 and will use its fresh infusion of cash to hire more staff.

Banks that offer a wide array of products and services are confronting extraordinary challenges. They aren't doomed, however.

The fall of a major cryptocurrency exchange and subsequent drop in digital currency prices represent an opportunity to some bankers, who say investors and businesses will turn to regulated companies for crypto help.