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

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

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Bank and fintech partnerships

A partnership can be a broad hand-up from a giant bank, a targeted effort to fix a societal issue, or a strategic miscalculation.

By Banking Dive staff

Three Arrows, CoinFlex founders launch OPNX crypto claims trading platform

The founders said the 20 million crypto bankruptcy claimants worldwide who have to wait years for their funds “deserve better.”

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • April 5, 2023

DOJ, SEC charge Frank founder with fraud

The agencies allege Charlie Javice inflated her company's customer base to entice JPMorgan Chase into a $175 million acquisition. The bank and Javice sued one another last year.

By Dan Ennis • 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

FDIC tells Signet users to close accounts, so it can sell the platform

Roughly $4 billion in crypto loans were not included in Flagstar's Signature acquisition. The regulator is asking depositors to move that money by April 5.

By Dan Ennis • 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

CFTC sues Binance over compliance ‘evasion’

The crypto exchange said it would restrict U.S. customers from certain trading but communicated with users on an app set to automatically delete messages, the CFTC alleged.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 28, 2023

Tech vendor risk raises vetting stakes in wake of SVB crisis

Deposits are safe, but tech startups may no longer have access to venture debt and the lines of credit that helped fuel innovation.

By Matt Ashare • March 27, 2023

Coinbase faces SEC enforcement action over staking services

“Coinbase runs a rigorous asset review process and has rejected more than 90% of assets that have applied to be listed on the platform,” CEO Brian Armstrong tweeted Wednesday.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 24, 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

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

FTX debtors sue Bahamas arm over ownership claims

FTX Trading, FTX US and others claim that FTX Digital Markets was merely a “corporate shell.” FTX Digital Markets, meanwhile, claims to be the “constructive owner” of FTX’s assets.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 21, 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

Fintechs offer expanded FDIC insurance in wake of SVB failure

“It is abundantly clear that $250K FDIC insurance is not enough for startups,” Immad Akhund, CEO of neobank Mercury, said after Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • March 15, 2023

‘Meme stock in reverse’: SVB collapse portends new era of viral bank runs

SVB’s demise gave the banking sector a glimpse into how social media and digital banking can turn a financial institution from operational to insolvent in a matter of hours.

By Anna Hrushka • March 15, 2023

Anchorage Digital cuts 20% of staff

“The need for better crypto infrastructure is growing ever clearer,” the company told Bloomberg amid a seven-day span that has seen the closure of three banks heavily invested in the crypto sector.

By Dan Ennis • March 15, 2023

Bank failure panic fuels moment of opportunity for threat actors

As regulators step in to operate SVB and Signature, threat hunters and security executives warned organizations to look out for malicious activity.

By Matt Kapko • March 14, 2023

HSBC buys UK arm of SVB for symbolic £1

“Deposits will be protected, with no taxpayer support,” Jeremy Hunt, Britain’s finance minister, tweeted Monday.

By Rajashree Chakravarty • March 13, 2023

Signature Bank closed by NY regulator

Business clients pulled deposits Friday after the crumbling of fellow crypto-friendly Silicon Valley Bank. An auction for Signature's assets could begin Monday.

By Dan Ennis • March 13, 2023

Regulators take over Silicon Valley Bank

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed the embattled bank and appointed the FDIC as receiver, regulators said Friday.

By Anna Hrushka • March 10, 2023

Crypto bank Silvergate shuttering operations, liquidating

The bank was affected by the collapse of FTX and shut down its crypto payments network last week.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 9, 2023

Technology gap puts Black banks at risk: report

Black banks, which help expand credit to underserved areas, risk losing customers if they continue to fall behind their nonminority peers in terms of digital banking offerings, a researcher said.

By Anna Hrushka • March 9, 2023