Mobile technology

Online lenders confront deepfake threat

01/28/20

Some fraudsters pose as loan applicants and submit doctored video or photos of property and assets to scam lenders they won't see in person. Firms like Elevate Funding and Credibly are fighting back.

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Western Union alum starts digital bank for low-income Americans

01/27/20

Rellevate, founded by Stewart Stockdale, will offer pay advances, fast bill pay payment and international remittances for consumers who live paycheck to paycheck.

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The reason Even waited on rolling out automated savings

01/23/20

The financial wellness fintech focused initially on building an app that helped people understand their financial picture, CEO Jon Schlossberg says.

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Digit will help people pay their cellphone bills

01/22/20

Users of the challenger bank's app can automatically save money over the course of a month to cover their mobile charges.

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Citigroup CEO says many branch jobs are still safe from machines

01/21/20

Modernizing the bank’s app and digital-banking experience won’t necessarily result in Citigroup needing fewer people in its retail bank, CEO Michael Corbat said.

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The backstory of Goldman Sachs' Marcus app, three years in the making

01/19/20

Adam Dell, founder of Clarity Money and now head of product at Marcus by Goldman Sachs, the design theory behind the new app.

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In rebuke of CFPB, states look to get tough on debt collectors

01/15/20

In another sign of state officials trying to outdo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, governors in California and New York want greater authority to license and oversee the debt collection industry.

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Wells Fargo loses another patent lawsuit to USAA

01/15/20

Wells was ordered to pay USAA $102.8 million for infringing on its mobile deposit patents. It follows a separate lawsuit loss in November also related to patents.

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'Everything is breakable': Why BBVA wants to ditch passwords

01/14/20

The bank is investing in a new authentication platform because password-based security systems have too many weaknesses, says Juan Francisco Losa, BBVA’s global head of security architecture.

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Quicken launches Simplifi money management app for millennials, Gen Z

01/14/20

Thirty-seven years after the release of Quicken desktop software, the company is launching a streamlined app to reach a new demographic.

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