Point-of-sale lender Sunbit raises $26m in second fundraise
Sunbit, a point-of-sale lender that focuses on critical emergency services like auto repairs and dental work, has raised $26 million...
Inside Wealthfront’s lifelong customer loyalty strategy
Robo-adviser Wealthfront wants to become the center of its customers' financial lives. To do so, it's steadily added products beyond...
How KeyPoint uses location-based alerts to target inactive app users
Silicon Valley-based KeyPoint Credit Union is seeing a lift in user numbers resulting from targeted push notifications. The push notifications...
Australian point-of-sale lender Afterpay guns for U.S. market
Point-of-sale lender Afterpay reports it has 1.5 million U.S.customers, a milestone it's achieved by embedding itself into the payment platforms...
Guaranty Bank & Trust uses account-switching tool to promote new branches
Guaranty Bank & Trust is using new technology to make it easier for potential new customers to switch bank accounts...
Fintech incubator and co-working space launches in Redwood City
A fintech incubator called Silicon Fintech Bay is launching in Redwood City, California. CEO Rick Frisbie told Bank Innovation that...
TAB Bank turns to data analytics firm to improve SME loan process
TAB Bank is tapping into the services of a data analytics firm to streamline small business loan application processes and...
Varo’s FDIC application tests uncharted territory
Varo Money has been striving to get a banking charter for three years. On Aug. 31, 2018, the digital-only challenger...
Arkansas credit union taps mobile video banking to reach more customers
River Valley Community Federal Credit Union serves 7,200 members out of just two branches in southern Arkansas. Since its membership...
Japanese payment app PayPay targets rural areas where cash is king
Japanese mobile payment app PayPay is embedding itself in rural areas to gain market share in a country where cash...
