Online banking

A busy month for fintech funding

05/01/19

Here are seven startups that received multimillion-dollar venture capital investments in recent weeks to accelerate the development of banking products and services.

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How BBVA overhauled its mobile banking app

04/30/19

Alex Carriles, who runs mobile, online and digital accounts at BBVA Compass, describes how updates like account aggregation and expense analysis have helped increase use of its app.

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Bank of America aims to be ‘mission control’ for digital banking customers

04/24/19

David Tyrie, the bank’s new head of digital banking, shares plans to offer customers constant course corrections and its new Life Plan product, and the latest on the virtual assistant Erica.

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Banks turn to a former rival to jump-start digital platforms

04/16/19

TD and several other banks are licensing credit underwriting and fraud prevention technology from the fintech Avant to get their digital-lending products to market faster.

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Inside KeyBank's tech turnaround

04/15/19

KeyBank is deploying new technology designed to improve the online and mobile banking experience as well as guide the conversations branch employees are having with customers. The move comes on top of steps to modernize its IT infrastructure.

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Real-time data was Kabbage's secret sauce, its first investor says

04/10/19

The online lender's recent completion of a $700 million securitization provided Jonathan Ebinger at BlueRun Ventures an opportunity to reflect on what he has learned about the power of alternative data.

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Banking on conversational AI

04/08/19

Five ways AI can drive growth

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App from Simple co-founder builds bridges from banks to blockchains

04/04/19

Shamir Karkal’s startup, Sila, is launching an API platform that gives developers a way to connect traditional bank systems to distributed ledgers like Ethereum.

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A payday lender in disguise? New York investigates the Earnin app

04/03/19

The Earnin app appears designed to look like other early wage access programs, but critics say it’s actually a payday lender and New York regulators have taken notice.

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The evolution of Umpqua's pick-your-own-banker app

04/02/19

Customers are starting to reveal more to private bankers when they use GoTo, the bank's strategy chief Rilla Delorier says.

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