CUNA Mutual program lets credit unions test startup-developed products
For financial institutions that can't develop new products in-house, a startup partnership can help move an innovation agenda forward through...
Strategy
Why 6 credit unions are partnering to access better payment solutions
As credit unions look to improve their technology on smaller budgets, one solution is to band together and pool assets....
Inside OTP Lab, Eastern Europe’s most adventurous bank innovation effort
It might have $55 billion in assets and 18.5 million customers in 10 countries, but OTP Bank, one of the...
Green Dot seeks to stem the bleeding caused by new digital-only banks with Unlimited
Green Dot is feeling the pinch from digital-only banks on the market. To fight back the newfound competition, Green Dot...
With Softbank investment, working-capital marketplace C2FO closes $200m round ‘for global expansion’
The business-to-business credit market just got a big boost from Softbank's Vision Fund. C2FO, a nine-year old working capital digital...
Why banking app Dave is putting humans behind its texts to customers
For personal finance app-cum-banking platform Dave, “banking for humans" is more than a marketing slogan. It's a core pillar behind...
KeyBank takes page from challengers with launch of personal finance feature
KeyBank announced new offerings this week, including an automatic savings tool called EasyUp. That tool automatically transfers money from checking...
Rewards app Ibotta closes Series D round, in talks with ‘large banks’
Ibotta, a seven-year-old cashback rewards app, has raised an undisclosed amount of Series D funding, led by Koch Disruptive Technologies,...
Mastercard buys Nets unit for $3.19b in largest deal
Mastercard Inc. agreed to buy a payments platform owned by Denmark-based Nets for 2.85 billion euros ($3.19 billion), using its...
Inside the US expansion plans of OakNorth, an aspiring ‘Bloomberg of SME lending’
U.K.-based digital lender OakNorth is using its tech platform as the pillar of its U.S. expansion strategy. The company, which has...
