‘Yelp’ for Bank Technology: Inside a New Database for Vetting Tech Vendors
How banks and credit unions can streamline the vetting process when shopping for new technology from fintechs and other vendors.
Fintech Banking
The latest news on fintech banking trends, how banks partner with fintechs, how fintechs disrupt payments, and how fintechs redefine the future of banking.
Dentists and Vets Provide ‘Recession-Proof’ Loan Growth for Fifth Third
Fintech loan specialist Provide, now part of Fifth Third Bank, helps dentists and vets launch their own practices.
How a Fintech Called Save Offers Banks Cheap Deposits and Depositors Big Returns
An FDIC-insured bank account with an 8% interest rate? Here's how the fintech, Save, seeks to earn its place next to traditional CDs.
Enthusiasm for Apple Savings Account High Among Millennials and Gen Z
Seven in 10 Apple Card holders and many who don’t yet have the card say they plan to open the high-yield savings account.
‘It’s Like a Spigot:’ How SaveBetter Helps With Bringing in Deposits
Interest rates are up, and so is competition for deposits. Ponce Bank is one of more than 20 institutions that have partnered with the deposit marketplace SaveBetter to get more funding.
Apple Card’s Newly Launched Savings Account Is Another Brick in the Walled Garden
Deposits are a challenge for the banking industry, but Apple's savings account is a much bigger competitive threat than just funding.
How Varo Is Navigating Economic Uncertainty and Bank Collapses
The fintech sector has been struggling, but Varo has the advantage of a bank charter and 7 million customers.
Failure of Silicon Valley Bank May Foreshadow Innovation Crisis
50% of U.S. venture-backed startups banked with SVB. Which institutions are ready to fill those special financing needs now?
Where Are Bank-Fintech Relationships Headed?
Fintech cooperation is growing, but look out for 'community fintechs.' And 'embedded fintech' could outshine 'embedded banking.'
Where to Look for Value in the Fintech Wreckage
Fintech lenders, payment specialists and neobanks could make attractive acquisitions. But it's bank buyer beware, not an M&A spree.
How Banks Can Help Customers Tame Credit Card Debt
Community banks and credit unions can unlock lending opportunities by helping customers get a grip on credit card debt.
‘Bank of Twitter’: Is Elon Musk Spitballing Or Could It Really Work?
Elon Musk is seriously considering putting Twitter into the payments business to make it profitable. Will the blue bird fly?
Why Fintech Firms Can’t Achieve Global Scale
Expansion of fintechs can be good news for consumers, legacy banks and countries involved, as innovation improves banking accessibility.
Digital-Only Grasshopper Bank’s Recession-Beating Strategy
Branchless business bank supplements a fintech lending specialty with an SBA division, both funded by its growing banking as a service unit.
Robo-Advisor Betterment’s ‘Challenger Mindset’ Drives Growth
Betterment’s president says challenging and differentiating its own offerings led to growth in the consumer, advisor and employer markets.
Amazon Boosts Business Lending Lineup with Fintech Cash Advances
A new fintech partnership enables sellers to finance their Amazon marketing through a 'pay-as-you-sell' approach.
Why Neobank Dave Expects to Be a Profitable Fintech Survivor
Difficult economic conditions favor Dave's unusual overdraft model. The challenge is how to keep innovating but also generate returns.
Where Banks Get Customers Wrong: Branches & Unbundling
Use of branches is up, and use of multiple banking providers by consumers is way up, new data shows. Here's what it means.
Banks Should Scavenge Troubled Fintechs’ Talent and Technology
Successfully transplanting a fintech into a bank environment may take more than cash. Cultural fit is more important than ever.
Marcus by Goldman Sachs Finds That Building a Retail Bank is Tough
What does Goldman Sachs' abandonment of building a full digital bank signal to other fintech firms wanting to disrupt traditional banking?
What the Apple Card High-Yield Savings Account is Really About
Apple Savings adds another interlocking piece to the big tech's growing ecosystem of financial services creating a financial juggernaut.
Details of Unusual Fintech Loan Partnership Between Alliant and Upstart
Arrangement offers traditional lender extensive digital marketing reach supported by artificial-intelligence-driven credit evaluation.
