Fintech: Page 2

The latest fintech news for banking professionals.


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    Klarna’s IPO prospects grab spotlight

    The BNPL provider’s CEO has suggested the company could IPO “quite soon,” but fintech investors expect the market will first want to see a stronger track record of profitability.

    By March 13, 2024
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    Stripe reports payments volume increase

    The digital payments company processed $1 trillion in total payments volume last year, according to its annual letter released Wednesday.

    By James Pothen • March 13, 2024
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    Top 5 stories from Banking Dive

    Banks brace to see if commercial real estate exposure will trigger a rerun of last year’s crisis. And regulators face a mountain of comments from the most contentious proposed rule in decades.

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Starling taps HSBC alum as next CEO

    The digital bank's founder, Anne Boden, said she believes Raman Bhatia can move Starling “into its next phase of growth while cherishing the culture and values” her team had worked hard to create.

    By March 13, 2024
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    Ansa cuts fees for merchants with white-labeled wallets

    With an Ansa wallet, a merchant “doesn’t have to maintain ... what is at its core really tricky and regulated payments infrastructure,” co-founder Sophia Goldberg said.

    By March 6, 2024
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    How banks, fintechs can navigate regulatory challenges in BaaS space

    Banks have a responsibility to treat their customers fairly because they deal with people’s money, said the CEO of Synctera, a partner of Lineage Bank, which was recently hit with an FDIC consent order over BaaS.

    By March 6, 2024
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    i2c pursues bank clients abroad

    The issuing-processing fintech sees a bigger opportunity in regions outside the U.S. to sell its core banking services, founder and CEO Amir Wain said.

    By March 6, 2024
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    Metropolitan Commercial Bank exits BaaS

    “The decision to terminate these financial service partnerships will reduce the Company’s exposure to the heightened, and evolving, regulatory standards related to these activities,” the bank said in its 10-K filing last week.

    By March 4, 2024
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    Cross River draws Morgan Stanley, SVB vets to lead investment banking launch

    Henry Pinnell and Benjamin Samuels will team up to lead an effort that includes advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions and other corporate finance matters, the bank said.

    By March 4, 2024
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    Gemini to return more than $1.1B to Earn customers

    The crypto exchange and New York's Department of Financial Services reached an agreement Wednesday that included a $37 million penalty for compliance failures.

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    Tennessee bank hit with FDIC consent order over BaaS business

    Under the consent order, Lineage Bank must implement an enhanced risk management program overseen by its board of directors, increase capital levels, and let go of some fintech partners.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    Smaller credit unions face hurdles despite NCUA’s fintech rule

    The financial innovation rule may open the door to more partnerships, but larger institutions still have advantages on tech, budget and risk management, experts say.

    By Ken McCarthy • Feb. 28, 2024
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    Green Dot faces Fed’s proposed consent order

    The digital bank set aside $20 million to cover a potential penalty stemming from compliance risk management issues predating the company’s current management.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    Treasury Prime has laid off half its staff

    The banking-as-a-service platform is shedding its fintech-bank liaison duties — and about 40 to 50 employees — to focus exclusively on providing software to banks.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
  • Chime to pay California regulator $2.5M over customer service flaws

    The agency investigated accuracy and responsiveness to customer complaints. The consent order offered few details but the time frame aligns with COVID-era account closures.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    AI could spark change in the SMB lending space

    Financial institutions, including fintechs, can leverage artificial intelligence technology like machine learning to automate lending decisions, a white paper commissioned by Uplinq said.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
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    Neon Money Club launches dating app for those with good credit

    Score, which is only available for those with a score of 675 or better, highlights the importance of discussing finances in relationships — even in new ones.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
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    Cross-border payments remain focus for Fed

    Tools that “automate processes, reduce costs and promote effective safeguards across jurisdictions” may help improve cross-border payments, a Federal Reserve official said last week.

    By Lynne Marek • Feb. 20, 2024
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    PayPal invests in AI startup Rasa

    The investment is the first that the digital payments pioneer is making from its new artificial intelligence venture fund.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 20, 2024
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    Viva Wallet CEO sues JPMorgan, claiming bank is limiting growth

    Haris Karonis alleges JPMorgan, which owns 48.5% of Viva, is seizing on "perverse incentives" that allow the bank to take full control of the fintech if its value falls below €5 billion next year.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
  • Plaid names Cloudflare vet as its first president ahead of ‘eventual’ IPO

    The fintech's hiring of Jen Taylor, Cloudflare's ex-chief product officer, comes months after Plaid appointed its first CFO and named another executive as head of Europe.

    By Feb. 14, 2024
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    Adyen eyes growth in North America

    Davi Strazza, North America president at Adyen, pointed to the Dutch processor’s single technology platform as setting it apart in a crowded field of payments players.

    By Feb. 14, 2024
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    Citi moves deeper into e-commerce through digital couponing

    The bank recently launched a browser extension that searches for coupons on merchant checkout pages, suggests applicable codes and can activate cash-back offers.

    By Feb. 12, 2024
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    Dutch neobank Bunq withdraws application for US banking charter

    Bunq is the latest in a line of European neobanks to back out of pursuing a U.S. banking charter, though it stated plans to reapply, American Banker reported. 

    By Feb. 8, 2024
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    Aeropay partners with Cross River, UBank on gaming payouts

    A record 67.8 million people are expected to place bets on this year’s Super Bowl, the American Gaming Association said Tuesday. Aeropay aims to get winnings paid out as fast as possible.

    By Feb. 7, 2024
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    MoneyLion, EY partner to co-build ‘turnkey’ solutions for banks

    The partnership will help to drive deposits for mid-sized banks and help diversify their existing revenue streams by implementing comprehensive digital marketplaces inside their ecosystems.

    By Feb. 7, 2024