CEO Reveals Plans for LendingClub’s Unique Fintech+Bank Model
When a fintech buys a bank, what happens? In this case, voracious loan acquisition is combined with a huge potential for primary checking.
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.
How Banks Can Ensure Fintech Partnerships Don’t Fail
Relationships with fintechs will only work with three key factors in place, says former Wells Fargo innovation head.
Neobanks Expected To Nab Millions More Users In Next 5 Years
A new study forecasts neobank user growth in the U.S. and beyond will more than double. Scary as that is, incumbent's innovations will help.
How This Silicon Valley Banking Provider Serves Big Techs & Startups
Input from people who live and breathe technology for a living helps keep this institution on the leading edge and off the bleeding edge.
Venmo’s Real Threat to Banking: Making Payments Fun
Zelle's dollar volume is higher, but Venmo's P2P app is growing. Banks must understand how it poses a significant risk to traditional models.
This Small Bank Says Its Brand Will Succeed Where Chase Failed
187-year-old savings bank stakes its future on a scalable combination of a digital-only brand, well-trained people and data analytics.
52 New Digital Banks Added to The Financial Brand’s Neobank Tracker
The latest update of The Financial Brand's Neobank Tracker includes 50+ new digital-only banks from around the globe.
What Banks Should Know About Square Banking
Small business financial specialist launches a deposit and loan package that feeds off of, and into, its sales and transaction services.
8 Fintech Trends Changing Banking Forever
Fintech innovations continue to transform every aspect of banking. Here are eight ways fintechs are forcing traditional banks to adapt.
Biden’s Attack on Bank Mergers Ignores Neobanks & Fintech Trends
Critics say administration focuses too much on traditional bank and bank combinations and not enough on the real world.
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.
