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Oportun inks deal to sell credit card portfolio
The deal, expected to close in November, is a push by the online lender to pursue profitability by simplifying its business and focusing on its core products.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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State Street taps BNY exec as head of digital assets
Vanessa Fernandes, a 25-year financial services veteran, will report to Donna Milrod, who has been overseeing digital asset solutions since Nadine Chakar, the unit’s head, left in January 2023.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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Banks are enthusiastic about AI’s promises. But can they get customers on board, and will regulators let the innovation happen?
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Banks are excited about AI. Their customers aren’t so sure.
To address that, lenders need to be more transparent about their artificial intelligence use and educate customers on the benefits and safeguards involved, analysts said.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Kansas City Fed dissects consumer use of digital payments
About 95.5% of U.S. households have a bank account, and 46.4% use a nonbank payment service, a new report says. Meanwhile, the Boston Fed found more consumers are using credit cards to make ends meet.
By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Sponsored by EncaptureWhy automation is no longer a buzzword — it’s a necessity
Encapture's automation is helping banks keep up with evolving compliance demands.
By Brynna Desantiago, Head of Marketing at Encapture • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Giesecke+Devrient (G+D)How financial institutions can lead the future of digital banking and payments
As financial institutions face growing competition in the digital payments landscape, they must innovate by offering secure and personalized mobile-first experiences.
By Mark Van Horn • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Bank of America adds family banking to give parents control of kids’ spending
The lender isn’t the first to launch such a product, as the opportunity to grow with Gen Z and Gen Alpha draws more players.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 26, 2024 -
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Coinbase urges court to force SEC to draft digital asset rules
A lawyer for the crypto exchange said the agency still hasn’t explained its reasoning for denying a request for guidelines as to how it determines what is a security.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Q&ASezzle evolves alongside BNPL industry
The company now offers more products but also faces more regulatory pressure, Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim said.
By Patrick Cooley • Sept. 25, 2024 -
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Silvergate exec cites ‘supervisory pressure’ in bankruptcy filing
The crypto-heavy bank's parent company has no remaining lines of business and followed its subsidiary into Chapter 11 on Tuesday.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Brex rolls out embedded payments tool
With the new offering, the fintech aims to capture a larger share of the B2B payments market, working with partners in addition to selling directly, Brex's president said.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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Fed payments proposal pits big banks against small rivals
Large institutions welcome the move to extend the operating hours of two interbank payments systems, but smaller ones may feel the squeeze of increased workload, staffing and competition.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 18, 2024 -
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FDIC seeks tougher recordkeeping on fintech partners
The regulator also approved a policy update to consider small business and residential loan originations, in addition to deposits, when evaluating a merger’s competitive effects.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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BNY CFO: Archer purchase fills ‘capability gap’
In the balance of build-vs.-buy, the bank was creating too much from scratch, and to build its own retail wealth pathway would have been a “bridge too far,” BNY CFO Dermot McDonogh said last week.
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 17, 2024 -
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Citi tech chief to share data responsibility with COO: memo
Anand Selva will co-lead the data program with Tim Ryan. Japan Mehta, the outgoing data chief, will transition Ashutosh Nawani into the new role of head of enterprise data office and data transformation, the memo said.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Sept. 16, 2024 -
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U.S. Bank reaches its proving ground
The super-regional is at an “inflection point” after recent acquisitions and tech updates, CEO Andy Cecere said at the bank’s investor day. One analyst, however, is calling for “a new set of eyes at the top.”
By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 13, 2024 -
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JPMorgan Chase to equip 140K workers with genAI tool
The bank expects up to $2 billion in artificial intelligence-related upside, President Daniel Pinto said at this week's Barclays conference.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Sept. 12, 2024 -
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Debt recovery software firm acquires SpringFour
Under the acquisition by C&R Software, social impact fintech SpringFour plans to continue innovating and bringing new solutions and products to the collections and debt recovery market.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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VersaBank completes purchase of tiny Minnesota bank
The purchase gives the Canadian lender a bank charter and access to federal deposit insurance as it strives to grow its primary point-of-sale lending product.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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CFPB slammed with EWA commentary
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asked for public feedback on its earned wage access rule proposal and it got an earful.
By Lynne Marek • Sept. 4, 2024 -
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Viral JPMorgan Chase glitch is ‘fraud, plain and simple,’ bank says
Some customers deposited bad checks and immediately withdrew funds before the checks bounced in a glitch that went viral on TikTok. Now, some users have holds on their accounts.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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Custodia cuts 25% of its staff amid Fed lawsuit: report
The digital asset-focused bank, chartered in Wyoming, is putting its resources toward an ongoing lawsuit with the Federal Reserve, which denied the lender a master account last year.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 30, 2024 -
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Texas credit union discovers year-old data breach
TDECU fell victim to last year’s MoveIt data breach, but only found out in July. The credit union said the incident is not expected to impact its acquisition of a Louisiana bank.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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U.S. Bank works to simplify SMB banking, payments
To stand out from competitors, the Minneapolis-based lender has also expanded its SBA loan program over the last year, said Shruti Patel, chief product officer for business banking.
By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Fed’s Waller questions faster cross-border payments ties
There could be more fraud and money laundering if countries move too quickly to link their faster payments systems, the central bank governor said Wednesday at a conference.
By Lynne Marek • Aug. 29, 2024
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