The latest news on fintech banking trends, how banks partner with fintechs, how fintechs disrupt payments, and how fintechs redefine the future of banking.
Embedded payments processes can keep banks in the game. But making it work takes collaboration and careful relationship management.
Chime Is Leading the Neobank Pack, But Complaints Are Flooding In
It's the top U.S. challenger bank, but a raft of consumer grievances surfaced by ProPublica could damage Chime's reputation.
How Amex + Kabbage Partnership Is Disrupting Banking’s Status Quo
The offering (which also involves Green Dot) draws on heavyweight marketing and technology expertise targeting the lucrative SMB market.
Neobanks Could Get Slammed As Biden Rearms CFPB
As the bureau re-asserts its broad authority in pursuit of an aggressive agenda, challengers and fintechs will be scrutinized.
Analyzing Monzo’s New Digital Banking Growth Strategy
Mobile bank will 'supercharge' its successful organic marketing with more traditional methods building on a message of 'radical transparency.'
Why (and How) the Bilt Mastercard Is Revolutionizing Paying Rent
Paying landlords checks is a thing of the past. Consumers will soon be paying for their apartments with a credit card — and getting rewarded.
The Top 11 Fintech Disruptors
Here are the digital players with a huge impact on key market segments in financial services — both established players and up-and-comers.
3 Marketing Strategies Banks & Credit Unions Can Lift From Neobanks
You don't have to be an agile start-up to put these challenger bank approaches to use. The key is in the execution, which must be consistent.
Zelle Stretches Far Past P2P Payments to ‘Digital Cash’ Role
Fast-growing payments app remains an option for banks and credit unions only. Players using banking-as-a-service programs aren't eligible.
Verizon Infiltrates Banking with Neobank-Like Strategy
The latest big company to enter banking targets 8-17 year-olds to lock-in Gen Z (and their parents) as they establish financial habits.
Gen Z Craves Good Tech From Banks, Not Digital Banks
The industry assumes Gen Z will only be attracted to fintechs, but they still have a soft spot for traditional banking providers.
Chime Leads U.S. Neobanks With Aspiration and Current on Its Heels
Chime is holding tight to its No.1 spot on the neobank charts, but Current is dethroning Aspiration as it claws its way to the top.
Payments and Digital Drive Consumers to Big Fintechs
New data confirms that consumer loyalties are shifting rapidly to large fintechs like PayPal, and that digital payments are a key reason.
Fintech Lending Is On The Rise, But Default Rates Aren’t Pretty
Consumers like the sound of getting a loan from a fintech provider instead of a traditional institution, but at what cost?
Neobank Comes Very Close to Being a Bank Without a Charter
Challenger bank 'One' has a fresh take on using banking-as-a-service that cuts out costs to give middle class a better deal.
How Revolut’s ‘Super App’ Strategy Could Shake Up Banking in the U.S.
Revolut's low-key debut in the American market may mislead traditional institutions to falsely conclude it isn't a real threat.
Late Adopters of ‘Embedded Finance’ Must Play Catch-Up Fast
Behind the curve, many institutions must figure out how to make their systems synch with nonbanks that have the entrée to fresh markets.
Visa Brings Fintech+Bank Match-Up Project to the U.S.
Payments giant plays middleman in encouraging partnerships – versus war – between fintechs and banking providers. (P.S. It also benefits.)
How the Right Banking Vendor Strategy Can Speed Digital Transformation
Banks and credit unions usually follow one of two approaches for tech upgrades. But a new third way of choosing vendors could be best.
What SoFi’s Rise From Niche Fintech to One-Stop-Shop Means
The company that began as an 'anti-bank' student loan refinancer wants to be the center of people's financial lives (and may soon be a bank).
Square Plunges Deeper Into Banking With Plans for Checking & Savings
The big fintech's design for low-cost business checking – unexpectedly revealed – could rock the SMB revenues of traditional institutions.
How One Community Bank is Reinventing Itself for Future Relevance
Building up digital capabilities and tapping partnerships with fintechs with special expertise can breathe new life into traditional banking.
MoneyLion Brings Platform Banking to Life with a Financial Marketplace
Taking a different route than Chime and Robinhood (which it so far trails) the neobank will use fresh capital to leverage AI-enhanced data.
