Digital banking

BNY Mellon's tech spending will accelerate in 2020, interim CEO says

12/11/19

Todd Gibbons, who succeeded Charlie Scharf in September, said tech investments give the custody bank a competitive edge and make it more efficient.

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A new path for banks in digital marketing

12/11/19

Radius Bank is letting consumers open accounts through NerdWallet as part of its banking-as-a-service offerings to reach customers through third parties.

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Upstart to help banks pay off customers' credit card bills

12/11/19

It sounds like something that should be simple — letting a customer pay off their credit cards with a new personal loan — but it's not, according to Dave Girouard, Upstart's CEO.

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One challenger’s goal: Banking that digs deeper into small-business operations

12/10/19

The startup Rho argues that small firms still have unmet needs, especially tracking cash flow in real time.

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Citizens names consumer banking, customer experience chiefs

12/10/19

Brendan Coughlin will succeed Brad Conner as head of consumer banking, and Beth Johnson will be the bank's first chief experience officer.

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Fighting terrorism while helping immigrants a tricky balancing act

12/10/19

The leader of a new Compliance and Payments Task Force dives into how it will address emerging issues of counterterrorism financing in the digital age.

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To ignore Gen Z is ‘to flirt with irrelevance’: Wells Fargo exec

12/09/19

Businesses need to shift focus away from millennials and toward the next age group, which is expected to be so demanding that business processes will have to be overhauled, says Julia Carreon, the bank's managing director of digital and fiduciary operations.

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Rumblings of Texas M&A wave after high-profile deal

12/09/19

The Independent Bank-Texas Capital merger could prompt other banks in the state to consider selling or buying.

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Libra: The opening act of a modern regulatory drama

12/09/19

Facebook’s stablecoin initiative has inspired countless ideas about how to put fintech under the control of federal regulators. Here are the most critical questions.

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Four big questions as CRA proposal nears official release

12/08/19

The banking industry could finally have answers soon on the degree of agreement between regulators reforming the Community Reinvestment Act, how they envision CRA zones of the future and other key matters.

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