Financial Services

Virgin Money enters a hot field with its expense-management collab: Partnering with fintech Expend to offer an expense-management feature to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) puts Virgin Money in a space that’s attracting businesses and investors.

Federally insured credit unions can team up with third-party digital asset providers and keep members who want to explore this asset class within their ecosystem.

Revolut adds Singaporean commodities trading to its wealth management lineup: The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will let the UK-based neobank’s customers trade gold and silver. Revolut’s wealth management capabilities are growing across multiple markets.

Chase’s return to suing credit card customers isn’t a good look for it: The banking giant halted controversial litigation in 2011 and has filed thousands of new complaints since 2020. Though Chase claims to have improved the process, it looks familiar.

ACH payments rose as card payments made a surprising drop, and consumers tried out new payment types.

Mexican neobank succeeds through in-person outreach: Bankaya has made progress with the country’s unbanked by setting up physical kiosks—suggesting a hands-on approach can build digital trust with the underserved.

Digital currencies are coming soon to a country near you: Mexico introducing a plan to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency is only the latest development in the fast-developing market for digital currencies.