Disruptors

Fintechs tell small businesses they’ll ‘make the headache go away’

12/02/19

In marketing themselves to small companies, challenger banks are offering cool gadgets and a sympathetic ear about the hassles of being bank customers.

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Small-business challenger bank BlueVine raises $102.5 million

11/19/19

The startup — whose backers include CitiVentures, SVB Capital and Microsoft's venture fund — says it's building an end-to-end platform for small businesses that integrates loans, checking, payments and other services.

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Google partners with Citi to offer customers checking accounts

11/13/19

Google has partnered with Citigroup and a California credit union to offer consumer checking accounts, a person familiar with the matter said.

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Bias probe or not, the Apple Card is setting a new standard for banks

11/11/19

The tech company’s card seems to be raising consumers’ expectations that they should be able to get and use a card instantly and receive useful notifications.

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BBVA, Prosper partner on digital home equity lines of credit

11/04/19

Prosper hopes to do for lines of credit what it did for unsecured personal loans, while BBVA hopes to provide a better experience for customers.

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Is Big Tech’s ‘for the people’ rhetoric legit?

11/03/19

Large tech companies have been driving home the message that they can help the many Americans who struggle financially. But there are good reasons to be skeptical of their intentions.

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Digit's latest feature tackles student loan debt

10/31/19

Digit is applying its automated-savings techniques to the growing problem of student loan debt.

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'Data is being hoarded' by tech companies: BBVA's Carlos Torres Vila

10/30/19

Unlocking the information that technology companies have on consumers would benefit banks and society overall, the chairman of the Spanish banking giant said.

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Where does Facebook’s digital currency project stand after Zuckerberg testimony?

10/28/19

American Banker Capitol Hill reporter Neil Haggerty shares how the D.C. community reacted to Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony and how they look at the project now.

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Her work here is done: CEO leaving Bank Leumi after transforming it

10/24/19

Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, who will leave the company at the end of the month, has raised net profit and lowered costs by revamping its technology and culture.

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