Digital Banking news and trends

Block Sees Both Banking and Bitcoin Driving Future Growth 

May 02, 2024
Block Inc.
Earnings Put Spotlight on Banks’ Full-Scale Digital Transformation
Banking // April 26, 2024

The shift toward digital channels in financial services shows no signs of slowing down, as evidenced by the latest earnings results from incumbent banks and financial services providers.  During the first quarter, Bank of America logged a staggering 3.4 billion digital logins, with digital sales accounting for half...

Mastercard Takes AI-Driven Fraud Defense to Next Level
Mastercard // April 24, 2024

Mastercard is bringing an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, partnership approach to detecting and preventing identity and payments scams before they can result in victimizing consumers. The company announced on Wednesday (April 24) a new product suite and several cross-industry partners to combat the use of AI to...

NCR Says Digital Banking Has ‘Unique’ Small Business Opportunity
Opinion // April 23, 2024

Financial institutions have a unique opportunity to bolster the resilience of small businesses by providing tailored financial tools and support, NCR Voyix Chief Product Officer, Digital Banking Doug Brown says in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.”   Every business, large or small,...

Truist Financial’s Digital Transactions Leap 13%
Earnings // April 22, 2024

Digital channels continue to gain adherents in financial services, as Truist Financial Corp.’s latest earnings results showed Monday (April 22). Earnings supplementals revealed that mobile app users were up 8% to 4.9 million year over year. Double-Digit Gains in Digital Transactions Digital transactions were 13%...

Interviews & Exclusives
NCR Says Digital Banking Has ‘Unique’ Small Business Opportunity

April 23, 2024
Financial institutions have a unique opportunity to bolster the resilience of small businesses by providing tailored financial tools and support, NCR Voyix Chief Product Officer, Digital Banking Doug Brown says in the new PYMNTS eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.”   Every business, large or small, will find itself navigating the ebbs and flows of economic […]

Will Virtual Card Numbers Spark a Rush to Spend Apple Cash?

April 10, 2024
For Apple — and as been seen already with Block (formerly Square) — the drive is to get consumers to spend the cash, rather than just bank it. Apple, of...

Bank Earnings May Highlight Volatile Consumer Spending

April 09, 2024
Friday marks the beginning of earnings season. And, as is always the case, every three months, the big banks will give a glimpse into the state of consumer spending and...

NCR Voyix Says Open Banking Will Gain Wide Embrace in the US

April 03, 2024
Shadi Saifan, vice president of engineering at NCR Voyix, told PYMNTS in an interview that bridging the gap between the promise of open banking and making that promise a reality is...

Quick Reads
Revolut Invests $100 Million in Mexico as Remittances Jump

April 18, 2024
Revolut has reportedly made a $100 million-plus bet on Mexico’s remittance market. Speaking with Reuters Wednesday (April 17), Revolut Mexico CEO Juan Miguel Guerra said the bulk of that investment will be used to hire staff, cover short-term debt and expenses and maintain a strong cash-on-hand balance. “We will be watching how the business evolves,” […]

Bankjoy and Pinwheel Partner to Simplify Direct Deposit Setups

April 16, 2024
Bankjoy and Pinwheel have partnered to help financial institutions offer their customers a frictionless way to set up their direct deposit. With this collaboration, Bankjoy will help its bank and credit union clients...

Green Dot Names Marqeta Vet Renata Caine as BaaS Lead

April 15, 2024
Green Dot has named payments industry veteran Renata Caine as its new Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) general manager. Caine previously worked at Marqeta and at the commercial payments division of WEX, the digital bank/Fintech firm said in...

Zopa CEO Doubts UK FinTechs Will Go Public This Year

April 15, 2024
British digital bank Zopa is profitable and getting closer to going public.  But CEO Jaidev Janardana told the Financial Times (FT) Monday (April 15) that while the company was ready for an initial public...