SF tech worker charged in murder of Cash App founder

San Francisco police arrested an IT worker in the murder of Bob Lee, who was knifed to death in the early morning hours of April 4. Police declined to discuss a motive at a Thursday press conference.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • April 13, 2023

SBA to open flagship lending program to fintechs

A new rule, which takes effect May 11, ends a 40-year moratorium on admitting new nonbank lenders to the agency’s 7(a) loan program.

By Anna Hrushka • April 12, 2023

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SoFi bolsters mortgage unit with Wyndham deal

The deal will broaden the neobank’s suite of mortgage products and lessen its reliance on third-party partners and processes, the fintech said.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • April 12, 2023

CFPB director wants some payments firms labeled systemically important

The bureau's chief, Rohit Chopra, urged users who maintain balances on their digital wallets and money-transfer apps to move that uninsured money to a bank account.

By Anna Hrushka • April 12, 2023

Judge grants Javice an exception on her JPMorgan mortgage

The fintech founder last week agreed not to contact employees of JPMorgan, the bank she is charged with defrauding. One catch: That bank holds her mortgage.

By Dan Ennis • April 11, 2023

Ledge seizes on SVB crisis with multi-bank offering

The Israeli finance tech startup decided to expedite the rollout of its new treasury management tool after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.

By Alexei Alexis • April 11, 2023

OCC to audit JPMorgan’s dealmaking: sources

The audit was scheduled before JPMorgan sued the founder of Frank, a fintech it bought. The Justice Department charged the fintech exec with fraud, a development that has raised questions around due diligence.

By Dan Ennis • April 7, 2023

Current’s ex-head of talent sues neobank in alleged discrimination

Isabelle Mitura, a tech recruiter, alleges Current’s head of people demeaned her in front of colleagues on multiple occasions, referring to her as "an old Asian woman with no kids.”

By Anna Hrushka • April 7, 2023

Neobank Aspiration to cut more than 180 jobs

The layoffs, part of a companywide restructuring, span multiple departments at the climate-conscious neobank and include the firm’s chief of staff and chief administrative officer.

By Anna Hrushka • April 6, 2023

Acorns targets next generation of customers in GoHenry deal

A longer-term investing horizon, coupled with calls for increasing financial literacy among teens, make the youth market an attractive target for the investing fintech.

By Anna Hrushka • April 5, 2023

Treasury Prime launches instant cross-bank transfer product

The fintech says the platform offers a seamless movement of money within a network of more than 15 financial institutions using a single API.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • April 5, 2023

Cash App founder stabbed dead, police say

No arrests have been made in the Tuesday morning death of Bob Lee, the chief product officer at crypto firm MobileCoin, police said.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • April 5, 2023

Dutch neobank Bunq applies for US bank license

Bunq CEO Ali Niknam said the neobank is expanding to the U.S. to serve European expatriates “with strong ties to both sides of the Atlantic.”

By Anna Hrushka • April 4, 2023

EWS readies Paze to help banks take on digital wallet market

Even with the backing of the nation’s largest banks, the platform, set for a June launch, will face adoption and security hurdles, industry experts say.

By Anna Hrushka • April 3, 2023

SavvyMoney helps consumers bolster credit scores, banks bolster loan portfolio

The integrated credit solution has 1,055 banking partners, and that number "grows daily," its CEO said.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 29, 2023

BM Technologies taps Raymond James vet as co-CEO

The fintech appointed Raj Singh, previously an adviser to the company, to strengthen its management team and position itself for the “next phase of growth,” BM Technologies said Monday.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • March 29, 2023

Greenlight’s new B2B offering brings kid-focused banking to traditional firms

Over half a dozen firms, including Morgan Stanley, WaFd Bank and Community Financial Credit Union have partnered with the neobank to offer its services to their customers.

By Anna Hrushka • March 29, 2023

FDIC orders neobank Utoppia to stop making claims of deposit insurance

As of January, the fintech’s website claimed Utoppia was “insured by the FDIC,” according to the regulator. The FDIC also said Utoppia’s CFO made false claims of deposit insurance on LinkedIn.

By Anna Hrushka • March 28, 2023

JPMorgan to buy investment analytics fintech Aumni

The bank did not disclose the value of the deal, set to close by June. But Aumni was worth $232 million after its latest funding round in 2021, according to Pitchbook.

By Anna Hrushka • March 23, 2023

Bank failures could cause SMB credit crunch

“The current banking crisis could directly lead to a small business crisis if they are not able to quickly access the capital they need to sustain and expand their operations,” Biz2Credit’s CEO said.

By Anna Hrushka • March 22, 2023

Mercury moves to close the gap created by SVB collapse

The startup-focused neobank raised its FDIC insurance and launched new features for VCs to meet the growing demand from former Silicon Valley Bank customers, CEO Immad Akhund said.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • March 22, 2023

Apto Payments, Sardine team on anti-fraud tools

Apto Payments and Sardine are joining forces to offer commercial customers issuing cards better anti-fraud tools.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 22, 2023

With tech’s favorite banks in turmoil, some are choosing loyalty

After a week of several high-profile bank failures and near-failures, some fintechs don’t see jumping ship as an option.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 17, 2023

A look at SVB’s new CEO, Tim Mayopoulos

The former Fannie Mae CEO on Tuesday urged clients who left SVB in the past week to return. The FDIC allegedly has targeted Mayopoulos since 2017 as someone who could steer a seized bank.

By Anna Hrushka • March 16, 2023

How fintech founders navigated the SVB collapse

While many have moved their funds to other banks, some are staying put for now.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 15, 2023