With cross-border payments, Curve seeks to challenge legacy providers
U.K.-based payments startup Curve launched a cross-border in-app money transfer feature, with hopes of making a dent in the lucrative ...
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Big banks feel pressure to compete with digital lenders: S&P
The past year saw digital lenders enhance their product suites beyond credit, as big banks focused on adding features to ...
With $12b in AUM, Personal Capital bets on a human-digital approach
For Personal Capital, the path to scale is go broad. The company this month hit a milestone of $12 billion ...
‘If we can’t automate it, we don’t build it’: Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff on ‘self-driving money’
In 2019, a chorus of digital investment platforms branched out into checking and savings accounts. Throughout the year, Wealthfront continued ...
As ‘super apps’ gain ground, banks navigate user experience hurdles
With the rise of Alipay and WeChat in Asia, and the growth of e-commerce and banking capabilities within platforms like ...
Trust in UK startup banks growing among all age categories, data shows
The notion that customers don’t trust non-legacy banking brands is starting to fade, at least in the U.K. A study ...
Risk reduction, API connectivity to gather steam in 2020, say DTCC executives
While industry players have noted the emergence of fintech "ecosystems" to lock in customer relationships, others point to embedded “experiences” based ...
Weekly Wrap: Ongoing ‘platformification’ to continue in 2020
Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, December 20, 2019. In ...
Core banking startup Neocova to serve challenged niche of small banks
The popular refrain in the industry is "innovate or die," but community banks face added obstacles resulting from the costs ...
Rebundling of services to continue in 2020, BMO’s Ben Schack says
Ben Schack, head of U.S. digital partnerships, BMO Financial Group Throughout 2019, banks continued to partner with startups in their ...
