Fintech

Savings app company Digit plucks first operating chief from Yelp

08/02/18

The company’s first COO, Vishwas Prabhakara, is hoping to help the automated savings app startup build scale.

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Consumers use bots to reduce — or eliminate — bank fees

08/02/18

The trend poses challenges for banks, which have long required customers who want fees waived to put in their own effort.

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ICBA calls for a new FDIC moratorium on industrial loan charter applications

08/01/18

The industry group wants the FDIC to reject an ILC request from student lender Nelnet and impose a two-year ban on future applications.

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Regulators encourage fintechs; BofA, Morgan Stanley networking

08/01/18

Treasury, OCC want to make it easier to compete with banks; the two banks will sell notes and other products through a broker network.

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6 takeaways from Treasury fintech report: National charter, breaches and more

07/31/18

The Trump administration is making more than 80 recommendations to encourage financial innovation within a regulated space, including endorsing the creation of a federal fintech charter.

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Go Midwest, young fintechs

07/30/18

Some startups are eschewing San Francisco and New York to set up shop in the middle of America. And for good reason.

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Hard part of reg relief, pot banking regtech, Mulvaney's twist: Top stories of the week

07/27/18

Federal bank regulators consider roughly a dozen new rules; firms tout tools to help financial institutions bank legal marijuana-related businesses; Mick Mulvaney defends CFPB enforcement powers; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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12 books for bankers this summer

07/24/18

Whether you're lounging on the beach sipping mojitos, hiking the Smoky Mountains, or, like many of us, taking a breather from household chores on your staycation, you still need an escape from time to time.

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Finastra's new CIO brings global experience

07/24/18

Gareth Burton comes to the banking technology provider from a multinational construction firm.

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Don't be too quick to give up on tech

07/24/18

Banks should continually try out new technologies, even after failed experiments.

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