Digital banking

Robots, smart watches, fintech partners: How HSBC's Jeremy Balkin is innovating

06/04/19

On his watch, the $170 billion-asset HSBC USA became the first bank in the world to deploy a customer-facing robot in a branch. It's also the first bank to use wearable technology to help front-line branch staff.

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From Green Beret to mobile banking 'pioneer': Citizens' John Rosenfeld

06/03/19

John Rosenfeld once led the A-Team of a free-fall parachute unit. Now he's taking a different kind of leap, spearheading the creation of the institution’s first digital-only bank.

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Digital Banker of the Year: U.S. Bank's Ankit Bhatt

06/02/19

The increased mobile engagement at U.S. Bank goes back to Ankit Bhatt letting customers tell him — and, many times, show him — what needs to improve.

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BofA’s ROI on AI: 7 million Erica users, and counting

05/29/19

A year after it debuted, Bank of America's virtual assistant now counts some 150,000 users per week. It's one of the only large institutions pushing such technology.

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Plaid launches in U.K. to boost open banking on both sides of the Atlantic

05/29/19

The data aggregator plans to help U.S. fintechs expand into the U.K. and vice versa.

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This fintech drove billions in deposits to EU banks. Can it work here?

05/28/19

Raisin is planning to create an online marketplace for high-yield savings accounts and CDs for the U.S., but persuading Americans to save could be a challenge.

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Checking in on Wells Fargo's digital bank pilot Greenhouse

05/28/19

Wells began rolling out its online-bank brand in November. Peggy Mangot, senior vice president and head of Greenhouse development, shares what she’s learned so far.

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How did Donald Trump become a Florida bank's client in chief?

05/24/19

The president's big loan from, and sizable deposits with, Professional Bank in Boca Raton have raised some eyebrows. But the bank's chairman says it recruits relationship bankers from larger rivals to get just these kinds of customers.

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Challenger bank N26 ordered to bolster money laundering safeguards

05/22/19

The measures are likely to raise security costs for the German smartphone bank backed by billionaires Peter Thiel and Li Ka-shing.

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This fintech says it can help financial advisers take on banks

05/21/19

Galileo Processing has created a digital banking product that seeks to provide wealth managers with the offering they generally lack: an in-house savings account that pays competitive rates.

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