Technology
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Working with Bumped, TAB Bank is offering customers “cash back” as fractional shares of popular retailers.
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The "super app," which incorporates shopping, savings and other offerings, was well received by PayPal's users, but inflation and supply chain issues are likely to weigh on spending through the first half of this year, CEO Dan Schulman said.
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The online lender and challenger bank is offering customers a way to shop and receive cashback rewards at 20,000 merchants from its app.
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The new group will provide technical assistance for cloud clients’ blockchain-based platforms.
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The bank technology provider Amount has acquired Linear Financial Technologies to supplement its consumer and buy now/pay later offerings with digital small-business loans.
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In her last week in office, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chair discusses why she worries about the dwindling number of community banks and minority-owned banks, why she has made serving low-income communities a priority during her tenure, and what she might do next.
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Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has cautioned banks, credit unions and fintechs about fair-lending violations that may stem from reliance on artificial intelligence. His comments threaten to discourage financial firms from using the technology to crunch nontraditional data about borrowers, experts say.
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The Troy, Michigan-based bank is looking for companies already innovating across the various aspects of the home finance business.
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The online-only bank sees opportunities to boost revenue and lower its customer acquisition costs by providing more behind-the-scenes services to fintechs offering financial products.
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The transfers are among the fastest and least expensive in the region. The quicker service will please users but the fintech faces a challenge in trying to differentiate itself from rivals, analysts said.
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The retailer is funding a challenger bank called One that would be formed from the combination of several fintech firms. The startup would have a strong product set and cash position but could struggle to stand out in a crowded neobank field.
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Esusu, a financial technology company that aims to help bridge the racial wealth gap by reporting rent payments to credit agencies, has become one of only a few Black-owned startups to reach a valuation of $1 billion after closing a Series B round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
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The Toronto-based bank is ramping up hiring on both sides of the border and looking for expertise in cloud technology, machine learning and more.
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The cryptocurrency exchange recently refunded $35 million to customers whose accounts had been drained by hackers. Here's what banks and other financial firms can learn from the attack.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's inquiry into buy into the installment products should make sure fintechs abide by the same underwriting requirements as banks in this growing market.
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Affirm Holdings, known for its buy now/pay later options, beefed up its app as the firm works toward a crypto offering.
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Goldsmith, the grandson of City National Bank’s co-founder, is set to retire as its chairman. In an interview, he betrayed no regrets about the company’s sale to Royal Bank of Canada, which was propelled by a similar logic about the need for scale that drives many deals today.
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The Pennsylvania bank is working with the data provider Enigma and Capital One on a platform they are hoping other banks will use. The technology handles all aspects of the loans and provides data and analytics on borrowers.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the early stages of developing a rule that could give bank customers far more say in how their information is being accessed by fintechs and data aggregators. What the final rule looks like will depend on how much consumers already know about the way their data is collected, stored and sold.
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Venture capitalists agree in spirit with an idea floated by the Securities and Exchange Commission that large private companies should divulge more about their finances. But they warn financial services innovation could be stifled if the requirements are too stringent.
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