‘I want to see consumer finance where people aren’t stuck’: CFPB’s Chopra
The three-digit credit score has outlived its usefulness. This was a strong message Thursday from Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at the...
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Neobank for the 62+ audience touts early social security withdrawals
It is a new neobank for people aged 62 and over. The idea is counterintuitive, given that many fintech entrepreneurs talk about technology as the way...
Most Influential Women in Fintech
CEOGoal setting Tanya Van Court, CEO of Goalsetter, learned the hard way how important a good financial education can be. Van Court, who holds a master’s...
Navigating the fintech world as an Orthodox Jewish woman
Female leaders in fintech often feel that they are the only woman in a room. Miriam Sheril, who leads the US product team for London-based payment...
FDIC Consent Order Against Cross River Bank A Warning About Fintech Partnerships
The FDIC has hit Cross River Bank in Teaneck, New Jersey, with a consent order saying it engaged in unsafe or unsound banking practices related to...
TransUnion, Spring Labs partner to provide credit scoring to blockchain apps
TransUnion and Spring Labs are partnering to allow consumers to share their credit score information with decentralized financial lenders. The purpose is to allow consumers to...
The banking crisis deals a new blow to financing fintech start-ups
The errors to the largest bank to startup, Silicon Valley Bankand two others that bankrolled young tech firms — Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank — are...
Should you swipe left on fintech? Startups help banks with veterinary firms.
As banks continue to rely on fintech vendors and partners to upgrade their internal technology and the products and services they offer customers—and as regulators continue...
Fintech backed by Citi, BofA takes on ‘obsolete’ syndicated loan trading
Octaura, an electronic trading and data platform backed by seven global banks, is rolling out a beta version of its syndicated loan trading platform in a...
Fintech partner’s predatory puppy loan gets TAB Bank low CRA rating
In what could be a shot in the arm for banks partnering with fintechs that provide high-cost consumer loans, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. downgraded the...