Michael Hsu, CEO and acting comptroller of the currency for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), recently reiterated his agency’s commitment to mitigating any perceived risks in banking — especially those triggered by collaborations with FinTechs. Speaking last week at Vanderbilt University,...
Embattled Indian FinTech Paytm is reportedly turning to a group of banks for help. The company is likely to work with Aix Bank, HDFC, Yes Bank and the State Bank of India to process transactions though India’s popular unified payments interface (UPI), Reuters reported Monday (Feb. 26), citing...
Consumers are reportedly taking legal action after allegedly being deceived by their banks’ savings offerings. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Sunday (Feb. 25), these customers say their banks advertise high-yield accounts while paying longtime customers lower rates. In some instances, the report said,...
Regions Financial is shortening the tenors of certificates of deposits (CDs). This is part of an effort by the bank to manage deposit costs in preparation for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates, Seeking Alpha reported Wednesday (Feb. 21), citing comments made by Regions Financial Chief...
Stark Bank, a growing FinTech startup based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, reportedly caught the attention of investors including Jeff Bezos’ family office, Bezos Expeditions, which participated in the firm’s 2022 Series B round. The company is one of the few Latin American startups backed by...
Velmie launched its Business Banking Platform designed to help financial services providers and FinTechs broaden their product offerings. The platform enables these companies to cater to business client needs, including corporate payroll, automatization of payments, invoice factoring, cryptocurrency payments and business deposits, the FinTech company...
While other lenders are cutting staff, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is reportedly hiring. The financial institution, whose failure in March of 2023 set off a larger banking crisis, has added about 200 bankers since then and has openings for dozens more, President Marc Cadieux told Bloomberg News Thursday (Feb. 15). “So...
U.S. Bank said Thursday (Feb. 15) that more than 2,000 of its clients have been approved for personal loans over the past few months thanks to the technology and credit intelligence network enabled by the bank’s partnership with Pagaya Technologies. The bank teamed up with...
PNC Bank will invest $1 billion to open more than 100 new locations and renovate 1,200 existing ones through 2028. The bank currently has about 2,300 brick-and-mortar locations across the country, PNC Bank said in a Wednesday (Feb. 14) press release. With this investment, the...
