A conversation with Greg Carmichael, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fifth Third Bancorp discussing the consumer banking trends and lessons learned during the pandemic.

The competition has leading-edge technology, but consumers may be looking for more than just bells and whistles when choosing where to do their banking.

As more consumers look for alternatives to credit cards, investors are flocking to point of sale credit firms, with Affirm raising a fresh $500 million.

Small and midsize banks would pay for access to the Monit app and offer it to small-business clients as an add-on service.

In the face of the current pandemic, what was a growing trend became a necessity for many businesses as shelter-in-place orders changed how they operate day to day, says OnPay's Katelyn Sullivan.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced retailers and consumers alike to consider the benefits of shopping via a mobile app, providers of shopping and loyalty apps were seeking partnerships with security vendors to deploy fraud prevention technology.

The company, which left New York in 2015 to avoid its regulations on virtual currencies, has found a more welcoming state.

By implementing email protections and patches, the bank was able to protect mobile payments, ATMs, and digital banking, says Red Canary's Tony Lambert.

The agency finally detailed how it may implement congressional requirements to collect information on credit to small businesses. Lenders below certain asset thresholds and that make few business loans could be off the hook.

A survey conducted by Harris Poll and commissioned by Plaid found that 60% of U.S. adults are using more apps to manage money since the onset of the pandemic.

Credit and debit cards, merchant apps and loyalty programs are being linked through a platform from U.K-based Fidel to provide real-time rewards, business expense management, digital receipts, and charity donations.

BofA, which has applied for or been granted thousands of patents, has been working recently on technologies that analyze spending patterns to give budgeting advice and use augmented reality to provide estate-planning services.

This information can be used to access bank accounts and combined with other information on the dark web to access social media profiles, email accounts and more, says Jumio's Robert Prigge.

Justice Department officials have embarked on a rewrite of antitrust policy that could waive certain requirements for community bank mergers and provide fewer advantages to large, out-of-town buyers and banks in urban areas.

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U.S. Bank and Regions revamped their apps with accessibility in mind; JPMorgan Chase built a branch for customers who are deaf. Such efforts can help banks appeal to more customers in existing markets.

Blockchain's cross-border power eliminates the intermediary and solves the problem of rendering the traditional processing system redundant, and processes the payment on a chain with no middleman intervention, says ForumPay's Joshua Tate.

Members are completing more of their banking online than ever before, forcing many institutions to rethink their strategies for physical locations.

American Express is expanding into the fast-growing European market for open banking-based payment initiation services with its Pay with Bank transfer platform.

Robotic process automation is normally the province of large banks, but Extraco Banks in Texas and Carter Bank in Virginia are training bots to perform repetitive, mind-numbing tasks.