Digital banking

Digital Banker of the Year: Quontic's Patrick Sells

05/31/20

How a twentysomething marketing entrepreneur helped transform a small community development financial institution into a digital leader.

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Walmart, Green Dot inching MoneyCard closer to banking look-alike

05/27/20

The reloadable debit card resembles a bank account with new high-yield savings account and other tweaks.

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What ransomware attacks on vendors mean for banks

05/26/20

Cybercriminals have targeted at least four financial services technology companies in recent months, potentially giving hackers back-door access to clients. Here’s how banks can guard against that.

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Smaller branches, more versatile staff: Citizens Bank's new normal

05/22/20

The Rhode Island company's post-pandemic plan also includes returning some overseas call center functions to the U.S. and bringing its office staff back in phases, says CEO Bruce Van Saun.

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Banks reengineer instant debit card issuance amid pandemic

05/21/20

Customers normally receive debit and credit cards inside a branch. Now banks are shifting the process to their drive-throughs and finding alternative ways for cardholders to key in their PINs.

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Coronavirus put Truist's innovation plans on fast track

05/21/20

The company, the product of a big merger shortly before the outbreak, had to build portals on the fly, help many customers shift to mobile and accomplish in days tasks that once took months, its digital chief says.

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The messaging tool that let Happy State Bank take its lending online

05/19/20

The Texas bank is leaning on solutions from Lightico and MANTL to quickly set up accounts and handle loans when customers can’t sign documents in person because of the coronavirus emergency.

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How Wells Fargo's tech chief is managing coronavirus response

05/18/20

Saul Van Beurden's team is tasked with keeping systems running during the pandemic, including driving equipment to homebound workers. Yet the bank must continue making upgrades demanded by regulators, investing in new technology and recruiting top talent, he says.

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Servicers get flak, Bisignano’s Fiserv play, lenders on PPP hook: Top stories of the week

05/15/20

Complaints to the CFPB hit an all-time high, with mortgage servicers getting much of the fire; Frank Bisignano details his priorities as Fiserv’s new CEO; lenders worry they could be stuck with billions in Paycheck Protection Program loans; and more from this week’s most-read stories.

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PNC seeks ‘bulletproof’ balance sheet; hard-hit bank stocks rebound

05/15/20

The regional wants to “play offense” with the proceeds of its $17 billion BlackRock stake; shares of some bank shares jumped 6% Thursday but remain well behind the rest of the market.

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