Disruptors

Financial services 2025: The pursuit of a moving target that's moving faster

01/09/20

An examination of potential sources of upheaval for the financial industry and ideas on how to adapt.

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JPMorgan Chase moves to block fintechs from screen scraping

01/02/20

The bank is leaning on its direct API relationships with the major data aggregators rather than letting third parties ask customers for usernames and passwords to access account information.

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Expect 'a lot more dismantling': A fintech entrepreneur's vision for 2020

12/30/19

Jason Gardner, founder and CEO of the card issuer Marqeta, discusses his experiences in starting up multiple fintechs and makes predictions for the new year.

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Is a new data war about to erupt?

12/23/19

PNC, Plaid and Venmo have been blamestorming over customer data-sharing issues of access, security and consent.

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Gatsby launches free options trading for millennials, Gen Z

12/16/19

The startup with a namesake app is already attracting young investors and has been in talks with banks about partnerships.

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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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Big tech banking plans may pose risk to financial stability: FSB

12/09/19

The international regulatory group said that despite some benefits from tech firms' incursion, the companies' efforts may present operational and disruption risks.

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JPMorgan Chase signs data sharing agreement with Envestnet Yodlee

12/05/19

The largest U.S. bank will share data through application programming interfaces with a sometimes-controversial data aggregator.

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‘Fintech as a service’ provider Rapyd becomes Durable Capital’s first investment

12/03/19

Former T. Rowe Price portfolio manager Henry Ellenbogen is making Rapyd his first bet.

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California's fintech startups are invading New York

12/03/19

In some ways, the moves are natural for tech startups with financial ambitions. Despite the growing success of fintech upstarts hailing from San Francisco, Wall Street institutions remain on top of the financial world.

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