A US neobank is offering a simple onramp to crypto that targets Hispanic users. Could it pave the way for using digital assets in cross-border payments?
Latest COVID-19 surge is only a temporary deterrent for people seeking in-person advice for complex needs: Several US banking players are closing branches due to staff shortages or or downsizing to drive-through service. But these are only short-term disruptions to ongoing channel usage trends.
FDIC will likely be tougher on bank mergers after Trump-era chairman departs: Jelena McWilliams’s decision to leave on February 4, 2022 follows a clash with Democratic board members over publication of a public-input document covering mergers.
Fintechs scramble to get ahead of the trends that will shape 2022: Industry players focused on meeting heightened consumer expectations will help turn 2022 into another record-breaking year for fintechs.
Our take on what BNPL, cryptos, super apps, and global digital expansion will look like in 2022—and what that means for key stakeholders.
Shake-ups in the new year will include hyper-personalization, tech companies venturing further into embedded finance, and the prospect of super apps in Western countries.
2021 was a year of digital milestones for BofA: The US banking giant set records with its H1 patent haul and pleased its customers with new features as its heavy investment in tech whittled away digital-first neobanks’ differentiation.
Cryptocurrency stats to quote at parties: The crypto’s popularity means it’s cocktail hour topic No. 1 for anyone who says their job is writing about financial services. Here are some of the numbers we use to amaze our friends.
High-profile acquisitions and partnerships shook up the space as competition intensified.
To get a sense of where 2022 is headed, we’re taking another look at the hottest fintech stories and trends from the last year.
Our 2021 banking predictions, revisited: We got some wrong, but we got others partly right as several big trends we reviewed last year kept moving in the same direction.
Carolyn Feinstein sees the chartered neobank’s still relatively low consumer awareness as an opportunity, not a handicap. She tells us why.
Mobile tools and short-form video content are popular with Hispanics: Knowing how this important demographic group accesses and uses content can help marketers devise outreach strategies.
We predicted Square would pilot small-business and consumer credit cards. It didn’t, but in the same vein, it announced plans to acquire Afterpay.
People don’t trust fintechs with open banking: Here’s what fintechs can do to improve their image and their credibility.
You can’t win them all, and this year was no exception. Here are two predictions we made last year that didn’t happen—and why.