Fewer Deals But More Dollars Flowed from VCs to Fintech Startups in 2018
Fewer but larger venture capital deals in 2018 translated into some big payoffs for fintechs. Fintech-related funding jumped 38% to...
Are Financial Services All About the Experience Now?
Banks, credit unions and other financial institutions have tech giants like Apple, Amazon and Google to thank for the rise...
Where Does the Plaid-Quovo Deal Leave Startups?
Fintech startup Plaid, a quiet unicorn doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the API space, announced its first...
Green Dot’s Seth Ross to Speak at Bank Innovation Ignite
Seth Ross, senior vice president of business development at Green Dot, is speaking at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019. The event...
Could Regulatory Clarity on Alternative Lending Hurt Bank-Fintech Partnerships?
Fintech lending is on the rise but under the microscope, too. A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office released in...
Most Bank Website Content is ‘Inaccessible’ to Average Americans, Study Finds
A new study by software provider VisibleThread found that 58% of nearly 5,000 pages of website content for 50 U.S....
5 Fintech Companies to Watch in 2019
Acquisitions, partnerships and the roll-out of various new products and services made 2018 a very active year in banking and...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bakkt Raises $182.5 Million Ahead of Delayed Launch
Bakkt, a cryptocurrency startup led by Intercontinental Exchange, scored $182.5 million to build out its futures trading platform for cryptocurrencies...
5 Companies that Made Fintech Noise in 2018
Bank Innovation’s five picks for companies that made noise in fintech this year may not include any banks, but it...
How Wells Fargo Gateway Opens the Bank to the Outside World
Imran Haider, head of Wells Fargo Gateway and its APIs, says the bank is positioned to be a leader in...
