Digital banking
Digital banking
-  Longtime JPMorgan Chase veteran Bill Wallace is set to become digital chief for its consumer bank. August 16
-  Gavin Michael, head of digital banking for JPMorgan Chase's retail unit, is moving to Citigroup. August 16
-  Avant, an online consumer lender based in Chicago, is shoring up its funding base with a pair of new transactions. August 16
-  The San Antonio-based bank announced Friday in a press release that it has named Cox its chief technology and digital officer, a newly created role that includes the oversight of information technology, digital strategy and operations, and experience design. August 12
-  For years, Tian Jia made the kind of returns on his money that investors in the rest of the world could only dream of. The 29-year-old Beijing-based programmer had $440,000 on deposit at the Hong Kong bitcoin exchange Bitfinex until last week. August 12
-  In 2008, the smartphone revolution had begun but there were no mobile-first banks and brick-and-mortar institutions were still watching whether mobile banking would actually catch on with consumers. August 12
-  New documents shed light on the recent incident in which many prepaid card users reported that they were unable to access their own money. August 11
-  Banks have gotten better at detecting digital banking fraud, but the process of closing and reopening accounts is still a mess  and that is what could send more customers packing. August 11
-  Roger Ferguson is hedging his bet that regulators will go along with his plan to turn TIAA into a financial supermarket. August 10
-  Application programming interfaces are the connective tissue of the digital transformation at banks. Their role is getting more important as consumers look for more ways to connect. August 10
-  Banks need to embrace technology that can deliver the speed and personalization millennials have come to expect or risk losing this customer segment to fintech companies for good. August 10
-  The sooner you and your organization can understand the potential impact, risk, and uses for blockchain, the better your chances will be of keeping your head above water. August 10
-  The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority is looking to open application programming interfaces to spur competition in the country's banking sector. August 9
-  The embattled firm is offering financial incentives in an effort to kick-start lending, but compliance-focused banks have been slow to respond. August 9
-  Lending Club announced the resignation of its chief financial officer while reporting an $81.4 million quarterly loss due largely to fallout from the scandal that rocked the firm in May. August 8
-  The scandal-plagued marketplace lender is set to report earnings Monday, and the results aren't likely to be pretty. The big question going forward is how quickly can it reverse the damage and win back the trust of investors. August 5
-  Distributed ledgers have the potential to simplify and strengthen bank regulatory oversight when applied in the appropriate context, such as during the Shared National Credit examination program. August 5
-  Banks must use analytics  rather than customer surveys  to determine what does and what does not inspire prospects to become customers. August 5
-  The startup firm Paymency is seeking to offer an API-driven "banking-as-a-platform" service to the U.S. financial services industry. August 3
-  Bots have slowly begun to creep onto the online payments scene, and they could offer a whole new, simpler way to part with our cash. August 3






