News Topic: Disruptors

The service from Evolve Bank & Trust and Branch lets workers access a piece of their next paycheck to meet unexpected expenses. ... Read full article

The bank is providing a point-of-sale loan to women seeking IVF treatments and getting funds to clinics, in some cases, within 24 hours. ... Read full article

Futurist Lex Sokolin believes buying banking products will be like buying generic pain relievers on Amazon. ... Read full article

Susan French, head of product at BBVA Open Platform, discussed the bank's vetting of fintech partners and how it deals with the competitive threat that their products present. ... Read full article

It's the latest move by Radius to extend its banking-as-a-service offering to fintech partners. ... Read full article

Goldman’s consumer unit, Marcus, has so far lost $1.3 billion; big lenders like JPMorgan Chase and Amex are making loans for small-ticket items like clothes and cosmetics. ... Read full article

Here are companies whose strong visions and timely ideas commanded attention at the technology conference in New York this week. ... Read full article

The bank has developed APIs to feed customer data directly to seven fintechs and data aggregators, including MX and Finicity. ... Read full article

The startup, Drum, provides a marketplace for small businesses to offer promotions to influencers who can help them drum up business.1:54 PM? ... Read full article

Salaryo and Joust are among the companies catering to a clientele of underbanked entrepreneurs, Uber drivers and the like. Venture capital dollars are starting to follow. ... Read full article

Hackers go in for the kill when challenger banks and others launch retail products. So the companies are forced to step up their defenses — fast. ... Read full article

The bank helped raise $25 million for the fintech because of its potential to bring banks and nonbanks together in a virtual marketplace. ... Read full article

Kristy Kim was an immigrant success story with a degree from Berkeley and a lucrative job — except her lack of credit history precluded her from getting a car loan. She started TomoCredit to help the many young folks who struggle to qualify for a credit ... Read full article

Real-time transactions, reward points and early access to paychecks are among the features N26 is attempting to sell consumers here. ... Read full article

Changing consumer attitudes about these companies and the emergence of open banking have made them appealing to venture investors, whose commitments rose 15% in the first half of the year. ... Read full article

Banks are right to fear the big tech companies that are eyeing financial services, according to Monish Kumar at Boston Consulting Group, who offers suggestions on how traditional lenders can protect their turf. ... Read full article

The Pittsburgh bank is using software initially developed by a fellow mutual to help build out its platform. ... Read full article

You've made it to August: Ready to hit the beach or just hide somewhere and curl up with a good read? Here are 12 books that address any need: improve your leadership skills, revive unused parts of the brain, stretch your imagination, or laugh from ... Read full article