
Home Equity Lending to Fuel Accelerated Loan Growth for Banks
Record levels of home equity beckon lenders hungry for growth. But they must remember that home prices also go down.
Record levels of home equity beckon lenders hungry for growth. But they must remember that home prices also go down.
In the three-way battle between banks, digital-only banks and fintechs, understanding why consumers choose each type of provider is key.
Mobile wallets may have cachet, but they can be clunky to use compared to tapping a contactless card, making payment habits slow to change.
Listening to consumer complaints about mobile banking apps is critical when they can easily 'walk' to fintechs and other providers.
What's hotter than the Metaverse for banking? Quite a lot, including specific applications of artificial intelligence and 5G service.
People with pristine finances rarely need credit. Growth-hungry banks must look to those lower on the credit score chain to book loans.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finally takes its ability to examine fintechs off the back burner. What it means for banks.
Klarna's 'Pay Now' service, piggybacking on bank debit and credit, and its coming Klarna Card, greatly expand its reach.
Mobile apps ultimately are about service, not technology. Can yours deliver like Chime, Dave, MoneyLion and HMBradley?
Rising rates have refocused credit card 'revolvers' on the cost of interest, and climbing prices prompt innovative features from issuers.
Banks face new anti-discrimination scrutiny in all product areas, including deposit-account marketing, that goes beyond usual credit rules.
Tiny Quontic Bank spearheads a focus on wearable payments via its Pay Ring. It's up against smartwatches that sync with digital wallets.
Lenders that don't enable consumers to quickly and seamlessly open new accounts online risk losing them to application abandonment. Where will those consumers go?
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Building a separate national digital banking niche brand may be the weapon of choice for fighting fintechs, big techs and other banks.
Digital banks & fintechs strive to set themselves apart with slogans that stress innovation, inclusion and frequently anti-bank snubs.
PayPal is expanding aggressively into nearly every corner of consumer payments — including BNPL and crypto — as they tread deeper into banking's turf.
Sitting out deposit rate battles may not be possible. Key customers will seek higher rates and competitors' best offers may be invisible.
Blending physical 'branches' it doesn't own with digital service about to be revved up helps Green Dot make money from people of modest means.
Between banks, credit unions, big techs and fintechs, the banking space is overcrowded, where there will likely be more losers than winners.
Apple Pay expands with a BNPL option, so people can make installment purchases at retail stores using its proprietary mobile wallet.
Becoming a fintech unicorn confers status on disruptors with fresh banking ideas, but investors demand they produce even fresher thinking.
Banks building their own Buy Now, Pay Later programs can avoid regulatory headaches by looking at the mistakes fintechs have made.
Digital wallets, with growing usage, are evolving into 'super wallets,' threatening banking's strategic role versus big techs and fintechs.
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