UBS Group is starting a digital wealth manager in the U.S. to grab a bigger share of the country’s market for retirement savings and stock options, in a move that will pit it against the top Wall Street banks on their home turf. 

Michelle Moore, head of consumer digital at Wells Fargo, is leading development of an entirely new banking app and a virtual assistant named Fargo that will roll out next year.

Bank of America is giving businesses new ways to transfer money to their customers with the rollout of a system called Recipient Select.

Under Morais, Ally Bank hit a number of milestones in 2020, including topping the 2 million mark in deposit customers.

The bank's head of treasury and payment solutions has built a team made up of nearly 80% women and 30% people of color.

The bank's chief strategy and client experience officer helped to fast-track changes allowing customers in overdraft status to be able access their stimulus funds.

The chief experience officer and chief marketing officer is leading the Rhode Island bank's digital transformation.

The feature in its mobile banking app is helping the company connect with millennials and members of Gen Z, and it has led to 1 million appointments with bankers, BofA's chief digital officer says.

The tech company has abandoned plans to offer checking accounts in partnership with banks and will instead focus on being a technology provider for them. Citigroup says it will press ahead with aspects of the digital banking project on its own.

Bank of America’s online-banking platform went down for several hours Friday, leaving thousands of customers locked out of their accounts before service was restored.

Rather than targeting the masses, the founders of these neobanks are narrowing their focus to serve people who may benefit from specialized products and services. The latest example: Nerve, a banking app for musicians.

Companies like Ally are mimicking the approach of fintechs by curbing overdraft charges and instituting other changes. It is a sign that startups’ efforts to improve customer experience were successful and that competition in digital-first banking will intensify.

An app that strives to be a "one-stop shop" for all money matters is likely to please nobody.

At a House Financial Services Committee hearing, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle questioned the widespread practice of screen scraping and agreed that consumers should have a more direct say over how their financial data is handled.

Whether to approve the $8 billion deal will fall to the Fed, whose board may be reshaped by President Biden in the coming months. The White House recently called for more robust scrutiny of bank acquisitions.

The companies each recently rolled out new contactless checkout technology as they attempt to turn Amazon Prime and Square Cash into platforms that let consumers pay for goods, save money, take out loans at the point of sale and conduct other financial services all in one place.

JPMorgan Chase will launch a digital retail bank in the U.K. next week, the first step in the firm’s plans to expand its consumer business overseas.

As the need for easy-yet-secure mobile banking authentication escalates and consumers become used to logging in by looking into a camera, banks are taking the technology more seriously.

The myWalgreens app functions as a hub for the retailer's growing range of financial products. It's designed to encourage consumers to use their Walgreens card accounts for deposits and payments.

Monzo Bank is planning to launch a buy now/pay later service, entering the growing online market for short-term consumer loans, according to a person familiar with the matter.