The unit of Customers Bancorp considers the visualization and animation features of its new app, which will show users if their money is dwindling or growing and where it's going, special enough to apply for a patent.
Home improvement lender EnerBank USA expects half of its loans will be originated on the app it built *in-house*, which promises near-instant approvals.
Hong Kong and Singapore have long been economic crossroads. China and India are economies with vast populations. And Shenzhen is bursting with innovative creativity. All of these contribute to the Asian fintech market being far ahead in adoption and ecosystem creation.
The delay has analysts worried that Customers Bancorp will also postpone the sale of BankMobile, which was slated to take place during the first quarter.
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The U.S. government and banks face similar challenges in implementing a biometrics identity system. Both should study what other countries are already doing.
The Trump travel ban calls for a new biometrics system to track all travelers to the U.S. It could follow the examples set by Canada, India and Estonia.
Arkadi Kuhlmann, the founder and CEO of the neobank Zenbanx who pioneered branchless banking at ING Direct, explains why he stopped pursuing a bank charter and made a deal with Social Finance.
Cambridge Blockchain, a startup that bills its technology as a solution for banks to the competing regulatory imperatives of transparency and privacy, has raised $2 million through a convertible note.
