As payments giants combine, Square narrows its focus
Mega-mergers in the payments sector appear to be leading Square to narrow its business focus and boost investment in its seller...
Lloyds’ tech dollars flow as challenger banks claim more deposits
Lloyds Banking Group is feeling the heat from the growth of challenger banks. Halfway through a three-year, $3.8 billion digital...
How Mastercard Advisors uses AI and analytics to fuel ‘rapid experimentation’
The direct-to-consumer era of e-commerce is changing the way customers behave and is having a ripple effect on merchants' customer...
Looking to beat Apple to the punch, digital competitors roll out cashback cards
The jury is still out whether the Apple Card will be the disruptive force that Apple has claimed it will...
SMB lender OnDeck ‘actively pursuing’ bank charter
On the heels of digital banking startup Varo Money applying for a banking license with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
Why OceanFirst vets all job candidates for video conferencing skills
OceanFirst Bank is seeing more consumers and businesses choosing to interact with the bank via video and, as a result,...
Inside Marqeta, the payments engine behind the challenger banks
Card issuing and processing startup Marqeta may not have picked the sexiest part of the payments ecosystem to disrupt, but...
Zelle payment volumes jump by 57% year over year
While sending funds through Venmo is so common it's a verb, bank-backed peer-to-peer payments tool Zelle is quickly picking up...
Game on: Investment app Invstr uses Fantasy Finance to build young user base
The next generation of stock traders could be coming into the world of investing by way of gaming. Stock trading...
Citizens boosts tech spend, attacking back office and point-of-sale lending
Citizens Bank is accelerating its tech investments to speed up migration to the cloud, as well as to support new...
