Associated Banc-Corp in Green Bay, Wis., has promoted Brent R. Tischler to the newly created position of director of retail banking.

Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer John Cryan said Germany's largest lender is abandoning plans for a new digital bank in the U.S., led by Henry Ritchotte, just months after it was announced.

In late April, blockchain evangelist Blythe Masters told a crowd in the London Docklands that banks could solve many of their problems if they embraced the transaction-processing technology.

The bank, which operates in 12 states, is bringing customers in the door even as it cuts its retail square footage by half. The lure? The offer of a financial "checkup" that tens of thousands of people have accepted.

The engineers on Arjun Sirrah's team are on a first-name basis with customer service staff. Those relationships help Darien Rowayton Bank's student lending arm competes with fintech companies.

The regional bank has extensively studied the viability of such platforms, but has been unable to develop a plan to fits its risk appetite.

Well-established tech giants like Amazon and Google pose a more formidable threat to banks than the thousands of startups populating the fintech market.

The CEOs of banks that operate only online argued Thursday that their model is the way of the future. Not so fast, responded the heads of some of the nation's largest banks.

As its digital consumer executive, Carrie Sumlin is tasked with making sure Ally Bank offers its customers top-notch digital services since it doesn't have any branches.

The 'decentralised apps' tied to blockchain bring increased transparency, automation and security to traditional payment systems. This can create a domino effect that leads to a reduction in operational costs, accounting expenses, and friction which can benefit the business and pass savings on to customers.