Fintech
Fintech
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Readers weigh in on Democrats' call for more scrutiny of the BB&T-SunTrust merger, changes to the CFPB's payday lending rule, criticism of Square's ILC application and more.
February 28 -
Aspiration, Wealthfront and SoFi have all begun offering high-yield savings accounts during the past few weeks.
February 28 -
Bank of America, MX and Carolina Fintech Hub are training refugees and nontechies to become developers while at the same time showing corporate citizenship.
February 27 -
Figure, the startup headed by Mike Cagney, uses blockchain technology to provide home equity loans in as little as five days. It intends to use the newly raised funds to offer other services, including wealth management.
February 27 -
The drudgery of filling out forms and changing bills prevents many customers from swapping banks. One fintech has simplified that exchange, and banks are willing to pay it to deliver them new customers.
February 26 -
The Small Business Administration should consider partnering with fintechs, which have the capacity to approve loans quickly, to help avoid the kind of application backlog the agency faced after the last government shutdown.
February 26 -
The former deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shares his thoughts on the bureau's evolution, payday lending, and fintech regulation.
February 26 -
The health care industry yearns for a digital antidote to paper payments, a challenge that awaits an executive who has spent years bringing businesses into the digital light.
February 26 -
Nap pods and beanbag chairs are nice, but what employees really care about are personal respect and generous compensation. Oh, and it helps to be dog-friendly.
February 24 -
A look at the difference in responses between employees working for companies that made the list and those that did not.
February 24 -
Some companies on SourceMedia’s Best Fintechs to Work For list offer their employees extra time off to live boldly.
February 24 -
Three years ago, the New York-based fintech started organizing a monthly gathering for its female employees. The meetings have helped participants find role models.
February 24 -
A collaboration between SourceMedia and the Best Companies Group, the list is derived from reviews of employer benefits and policies and comprehensive surveys filled out by the companies' employees.
February 24 -
Every week starts and ends the same way — with meetings where departments can share successes and challenges. It’s one way the payments company ensures cross-collaboration.
February 24 -
Personal loan balances hit an all-time high in 2018, while fintech lenders widened their market share lead over banks and credit unions, according to new data from TransUnion.
February 21 -
Personal loan balances hit an all-time high in 2018, while fintech lenders widened their market share lead over banks and credit unions, according to new data from TransUnion.
February 21 -
Immigration restrictions are a threat to London’s status as a fintech hub, enough for Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky to demand the U.K.’s government take special steps to prevent the technology talent from going elsewhere.
February 21 -
Critics of the merger need to recognize the competitive threat banks face from big tech and other innovators.
February 21 -
The all-in-one card market has been a dead end for many years, with products like Coin, Swyp, Stratos and Plastc doomed to be mere footnotes in the history of fintech. Curve is determined to avoid the same fate, and it says PSD2 is its ticket to success.
February 21 -
The rise of Uber, Lyft, Etsy, Kaggle and other forms of freelance work has sparked a new generation of specialist fintechs.
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