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As smartphone-carrying baby boomers retire, banks can no longer ignore seniors' unique digital banking needs.

Wall Street Journal

Silicon Valley is investing in a startup that seeks an old-fashioned bank charter. Yes, you read that correctly. Warburg Pincus, which has plenty of experience investing in community banks, is leading an investment round in Varo Money, which is developing a mobile-banking app. Varo, led by former American Express and Wells Fargo veteran Colin Walsh, will partner with banks at first but may eventually seek its own charter, so it can accept deposits...

With consumers generally averse to risk, financial institutions have an opportunity to rethink what it means to make bets in line with their customers' well-being.

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The American Bankers Association has pressed the idea of taking Congress to court over its decision last year to cut yearly dividend payments from the Federal Reserve to its member banks. The measure is part of a broad highway spending bill that "violates several legal principles" like breach of contract and taking of property without just compensation, ABA president Rob Nichols noted in a letter he wrote to Congress Thursday. Banks are required...

Success rates vary wildly for innovation labs, but some basic principles increase a bankÂ's chances of the incubation process leading to viable product expansion.