The Connecticut bank joins Zions Bank and Leader Bank in recent upgrades to the technology they use to serve this market – and hopefully snag customers who fled Silicon Valley Bank after its failure.

Investors have bought a one-branch bank in Elmore City, Oklahoma (the town that inspired "Footloose"), renamed it Old Glory Bank and plan an all-digital brand that emphasizes patriotism. Experts question whether Old Glory is offering a solution to a nonexistent problem.

"Florida will not side with economic central planners; we will not adopt policies that threaten personal economic freedom and security," said Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Treasury will join with a group of Federal Reserve and other agencies to develop standards that they hope will shape both foreign CBDCs and a U.S. government digital dollar, should Congress authorize one.

Archway, which will help community and regional banks integrate third-party providers with their existing systems, has raised $15 million of venture funding in connection with the spinoff.

It's long been understood that there's a digital divide between Black banks and credit unions and other depositories. A new Urban Institute analysis looks at the prevalence of online banking services and mobile apps — and finds a chasm between the haves and have-nots.

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.