Synchrony’s Innovation ‘Strike Zone’ Spans Embedded Finance, Social Selling and Web 3
Banking innovation has to balance the futuristic with the realistic. Here's how Synchrony plays to its 'strike zone' with developing technology.
Banking innovation has to balance the futuristic with the realistic. Here's how Synchrony plays to its 'strike zone' with developing technology.
The CFPB examines the dynamics of the credit card market in its data-filled report. Red flags include 'persistent debt' for 10% of cardholders.
U.S. Bank sees potential for merchant-based buy now, pay later programs online, in person and when invoices arrive. Here’s its marketing strategy for Avvance.
Large language models can do amazing things. But 10 banks and neobanks will have large problems in 2024, after genAI missteps, Forrester says.
NerdUp is more than just a new entrant in the credit builder space. NerdWallet says its banking gambit is a way to be an even better affiliate marketing partner.
Banking as a service is the hottest strategy going, as it can help pull in the deposits everyone craves. But it is neither a short-term solution, nor an easy one.
Despite some headwinds with electric vehicles in the near term, BofA is looking ahead to EV sales picking up, thanks to improvements in charging stations and government incentives.
Even as a few dozen other countries, including China, move forward with central bank digital currencies, any plans for a U.S. CBDC are still a long way off.
Can bankers compete with a volatile and relentless leader who thinks sleeping under your desk is a virtue? Here’s how Musk set his sights on disrupting the financial services industry.
As deposit pressure mounts industrywide, a study of banks with under $2 billion of assets makes a case that bigger marketing budgets can help.
Ribbit Capital partner Nick Huber talks about finding the next big thing in fintech. Hint: Mobile apps from outside the banking industry offer some insight.
For decades, pundits have argued that deposit insurance leads to riskier behavior that ends in bank failures. Were they wrong all this time?
Connect with your customers and provide lightning-fast support as effortlessly as texting friends. Two-way SMS text messaging is no longer optional.
Buy now, pay later plans are appealing, especially for Gen Z and Millennials. But repayment is a growing challenge for many, the NY Fed finds.
To get an edge in attracting digital users, more banks, credit unions and fintechs are letting potential customers try out their mobile banking apps.
It’s not quite 'Extreme Makeover: Bank Edition,' but Flagstar has big dreams for the rebranding that’ll unite its operations with that of New York Community and Signature.
Fintech funding is still slow, but a major venture capital firm sees growth opportunities, including in commercial payments and generative AI.
Enhancing cash management services is not only a revenue opportunity for banks, but a way to fend off the fintechs encroaching on business customers.
Banks ramped up their marketing after the pandemic. Here’s how it paid off, with data to benchmark whether your budget and your results are keeping pace.
Amazon One, the retailing giant's payment bet, raises the question: Do people need digital wallets when they can pay with the ultimate wearable — their hand?
Whatever happened to Paze, which was supposed to roll out in time for the 2023 holiday shopping season? Get a detailed look at what's ahead for the big banks' digital wallet.
What’s the top credit card marketing challenge? What used to be great credit card rewards — like 2% cash back — are table stakes now.
'Payment Jedi' Peter Davey hopes to take Alloy Labs consortium members where no community bank has gone before. His mission? Launch Chuck.
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