Bank technology

Citi expands card partnership with PayPal to include points

07/20/17

Citigroup is expanding its payments partnership to allow its card members to use their ThankYou rewards points for purchases at PayPal checkout in the U.S.

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B of A expands small-business mobile capabilities

07/19/17

Small-business customers of Bank of America can now apply for credit through the bank’s digital channels.

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A few priorities can help community banks win big in mobile

07/19/17

Though they might have less money to spend on digital than their larger counterparts, community banks can still provide a top-notch mobile experience.

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AI is augmenting Morgan Stanley’s advisers — not replacing them

07/18/17

Convinced that clients want as much human interaction as ever, the Wall Street firm is using machine learning to help its financial advisers stay informed and work efficiently.

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Urban FT buys fintech company iParse

07/18/17

The white-label banking platform provider Urban FT has purchased the mobile banking technology firm iParse and several of its patents.

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IBM upgrades mainframe to encrypt data at high speeds

07/17/17

System can run more than 12 billion encrypted transactions per day and can automatically keep applications, cloud services and databases hashed.

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Breaking Banks: 200 episodes of fintech

07/14/17

On the discussion table: Alipay, Jack Ma, blockchain, AI, building a true digital system, payments, financial inclusion.

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Tezos raises $232 million for new cryptocurrency project

07/13/17

A new blockchain network that promises to compete with Ethereum is taking the token sale trend to the next level.

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Microinvesting app Stash raises $40M

07/13/17

The app allows users, many of them first-time investors, to get started for as little as $5.

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Why AI still has a ways to go in wealth management

07/13/17

Artificial intelligence can help wealth managers serve clients better, but some say the technology is too immature to be useful right now.

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