Fintech

Do paycheck advance apps improve financial health?

03/11/19

Apps that let people access their pay on demand have become wildly popular. Do they solve a problem, or are they Band-Aids?

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Can Citi and Chase beat fintechs at their own game?

03/08/19

The upstart lenders have been chipping away at credit cards’ consumer-lending dominance by offering fixed-rate loans with predictable repayment plans. Now the card giants are fighting back.

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Wells Fargo, PayPal back effort to fund female fintech entrepreneurs

03/08/19

Female startup founders consistently receive far less venture capital money than male founders, but a program by Quesnay is looking to change that.

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M&A on back burner as Valley chief focuses on fintech partnerships

03/07/19

Valley Bank spent millions on bank acquisitions under its previous CEO. Its new leader has taken a markedly different approach.

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California bank is working with fintech firm to help business clients

03/07/19

Pacific Mercantile and P2Bi are collaborating on a program to help businesses that are not ready for traditional bank financing.

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Banks battle fintechs over installment sales; Barclays deck cleared

03/07/19

Banks moving past traditional card lending to compete on POS; ; five board members plan to leave before the bank’s May meeting.

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From SBA chief to fintech backer

03/06/19

Karen Mills, who led the Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013, is joining the Eastern Bank spinoff Numerated as an adviser and investor as it tries to bring online-lending technology to community banks.

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Wells Fargo speculation, female-friendly fintechs and Most Powerful Women on the move

03/06/19

Is it realistic to think Wells Fargo might get a new female CEO? How one fintech makes women feel welcome, and how another fosters innovation. Plus some of our Most Powerful Women make big moves – two retire, one jumps from BNY Mellon to Amex, one exits a board and another joins one.

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Community bankers brace for rough year — and worse 2020

03/05/19

Concerns about an economic slowdown, rising deposit prices and cybersecurity abound, a survey found.

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Dimon's Square envy, simplified bank switch, still more BB&T-SunTrust: Top stories of the week

03/01/19

JPMorgan's Dimon: Square innovated where we should have; this company simplifies bank switching (and banks pay for it); BB&T-SunTrust deal has Atlanta banks licking their chops; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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