banking

Banking is an industry that handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. Banks provide a safe place to store extra cash and credit. One key step towards financial independence is having a solid banking account.
South Korea’s First Online-Only Bank To Open This Year
South Korea’s First Online-Only Bank To Open This Year
January 05, 2017  |  Payment Methods

K-Bank, the South Korean online-only bank, is slated to open during 2017, marking not only the first online-only bank in the country but the first...

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House of Fraser Invests In App-Only Bank
House of Fraser Invests In App-Only Bank
January 04, 2017  |  Investments

House of Fraser, the U.K. department store operator, is making a £35 million investment in an app-only bank as a way to give shoppers a...

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Senator Warren Wants More Banks Serving Legal Pot Businesses
Senator Warren Wants More Banks Serving Legal Pot Businesses
January 03, 2017  |  Regulation

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is part of an effort to ensure legal marijuana businesses have access to banking services. According to a report, the move...

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Cardlay In $4 Million Round, Forms Partnerships
Cardlay In $4 Million Round, Forms Partnerships
December 22, 2016  |  Investments

Danish front-end card management platform and cardholder application Cardlay, which works with banks to provide digital finance solutions as a means to compete with FinTech...

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Raiffeisen Bank Going High-Tech With Its New ATMs
Raiffeisen Bank Going High-Tech With Its New ATMs
December 05, 2016  |  Banking

Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank is reportedly gearing its ATMs up for the future, ordering 1,200 new machines from Diebold Nixdorf. According to a report, Raiffeisen Bank ordered...

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Sleepless In 2017: The Eight Big Shifts That Should Keep FIs, Retailers and Payments Execs Up At Night
Sleepless In 2017: The Eight Big Shifts That Should Keep FIs, Retailers and Payments Execs...
December 05, 2016  |  Commerce

Shifts in the Earth’s tectonic plates can cause massive devastation, and some shifts are so severe they’ve wiped out entire civilizations. The problem is that...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Banks Should Trim Down
PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Banks Should Trim Down
December 02, 2016  |  Daily Data Dive

There may be too many banking branches in the U.S., say analysts. For every 100,000 U.S. adults, there are about 32 banking branches. Bringing the...

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Pepper Is Teaming Up With Playbuzz To Make Mobile Banking Fun
Pepper Is Teaming Up With Playbuzz To Make Mobile Banking Fun
December 02, 2016  |  Digital Banking

Pepper, the mobile banking app by Israeli Bank Leumi, is aiming to lure millennials to the service by teaming up with Playbuzz, the digital authoring...

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