Digital banking

Quontic Bank launches bitcoin rewards checking with help from NYDIG

12/15/20

The community bank and fintech are offering the first live bank account and debit card that offer rewards in the form of bitcoin.

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Banks play catch-up as customer shift to digital accelerates

12/14/20

The mobile banking and paperless habits bank customers picked up during the pandemic are here to stay, and financial institutions are working to strengthen their digital offerings, speakers at an American Banker conference said.

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2020 was a horrible guest, but an excellent teacher

12/11/20

The events of this year transformed banking, for better or worse. Smart bankers will build on the ways they learned to do their jobs better.

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A challenger bank entices immigrants with high yields and 5% cash back

12/10/20

To get the word out to the Indian and Asian immigrants it's targeting, OnJuno is using social media influencers that include a well-known Japanese-American chess player and running ads during streamed cricket matches.

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Boosting member satisfaction score could be costly for credit unions

12/10/20

To improve a declining rating in the annual American Consumer Satisfaction Index, credit unions may have to make hefty investments in technology upgrades, something most of them can't afford.

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Quontic Bank's Patrick Sells joins crypto firm NYDIG

12/09/20

Sells, American Banker's Digital Banker of the Year for 2020, says he will help the New York fintech startup create digital currency products for banks.

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Citi looked to Ant Financial success as model in Google tie-up

12/08/20

Citigroup looked to the success of Asian super-apps like Ant Financial and Paytm while developing its new checking-account offering with Google.

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The new challenger banks: 'A lot of these are going to fail'

12/07/20

Fintech success stories have encouraged investors to back more startups, but newcomers will be hard-pressed to attract enough customers to compete while keeping expenses down.

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Webster Financial to trim branch network by 17%

12/04/20

The Waterbury, Conn., parent company of Webster Bank joins a fast-expanding list of banks reducing the size of their branch networks to save money and focus on digital capabilities.

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Online lending startup Amount raises $81M in round led by Goldman

12/02/20

The tech firm spun off by Avant, which licenses its lending software to banks, has now raised $140 million this year.

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