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Fiserv Appoints Mastercard Senior Strategic Advisor Raj Seshadri to Board

October 23, 2026
Fiserv
Sezzle Pursues National Bank Charter to Add FDIC-Insured Deposit Accounts
Bank Regulation // October 23, 2026

FinTech company Sezzle has begun the formal charter application process to establish a national bank that would offer a broad range of banking products and services, the company said in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release. Sezzle filed applications with the Office of the Comptroller of the...

FIS Says Digital Money Puts Bank Infrastructure to the Test
Blockchain // October 22, 2026

Digital money is pushing banks toward making decisions about infrastructure well beyond whether to issue a token. Among the decisions that need to be made: Which forms of digital money belong inside their own relationships, which need broader distribution, how different networks connect and what...

Cross River Plans to Buy Accrue to Merge Payments With Loyalty
Acquiring // October 20, 2026

Cross River Bank plans to add branded wallet, stored value and loyalty rewards technology to its regulated financial infrastructure by acquiring FinTech company Accrue, Cross River said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) press release emailed to PYMNTS. Cross River’s parent company, CRB Group, has entered into an...

Ramp Seeks National Trust Bank Charter for Digital Asset Custody
Bank Regulation // October 19, 2026

Finance platform Ramp aims to form a national trust bank that would offer fiduciary investment management and custody of digital assets, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 19) post on X. Ramp submitted an application to establish the proposed Ramp National Trust Bank to the Office of the Comptroller of the...

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FIS Says Digital Money Puts Bank Infrastructure to the Test

October 22, 2026
Digital money is pushing banks toward making decisions about infrastructure well beyond whether to issue a token. Among the decisions that need to be made: Which forms of digital money belong inside their own relationships, which need broader distribution, how different networks connect and what controls must follow a transaction when money settles in real […]

Leela CEO Says AI Can Give FinTechs a 10-Person Compliance Team

October 12, 2026
Compliance remains labor-intensive for financial institutions, which must satisfy multiple regulators and meet extensive documentation requirements. Leela is built to perform much of that work rather than simply provide information....

SoFi Tech Solutions Says Consumer Caution Makes Technology Investment More Urgent

October 07, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Max Spivakovsky of SoFi Tech Solutions A consumer does not have to stop spending to become more careful about money. Debit spending offers a...

Open Finance Exposes the Limits of the Primary Account

August 26, 2026
A primary financial relationship loses some of its value when the provider can see only a fraction of the customer’s money. Consumers now routinely distribute checking, savings, credit and investments...

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Fiserv Appoints Mastercard Senior Strategic Advisor Raj Seshadri to Board

October 23, 2026
Fiserv has announced that Raj Seshadri, senior strategic advisor to the CEO of Mastercard, will join Fiserv’s board of directors and enhance its collective expertise around uniting commerce and finance. She will join the board Nov. 30. Seshadri has been with Mastercard for more than a decade and, before her current role, served as chief commercial payments officer, […]

Sezzle Pursues National Bank Charter to Add FDIC-Insured Deposit Accounts

October 23, 2026
FinTech company Sezzle has begun the formal charter application process to establish a national bank that would offer a broad range of banking products and services, the company said in a...

Cross River Plans to Buy Accrue to Merge Payments With Loyalty

October 20, 2026
Cross River Bank plans to add branded wallet, stored value and loyalty rewards technology to its regulated financial infrastructure by acquiring FinTech company Accrue, Cross River said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20)...

Ramp Seeks National Trust Bank Charter for Digital Asset Custody

October 19, 2026
Finance platform Ramp aims to form a national trust bank that would offer fiduciary investment management and custody of digital assets, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 19) post on X. Ramp submitted an application...