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Self-Serve and Digital-First Channels Can Populate ‘Banking Deserts’
Financial Inclusion // May 17, 2024

Banks have been fine-tuning their branch efforts as the pandemic recedes, shuttering locations in some markets and building new outposts in others. The Federal Reserve said in a recent blog post that in some cases, “banking deserts” have emerged, impacting 12 million individuals in the...

Lydia Launches European Banking Super App Called Sumeria
Digital-First Banking // May 15, 2024

French payments app Lydia has launched a European banking super app called Sumeria. The company will invest more than €100 million and hire 400 people in three years to become a major player in this sector in France before expanding to other parts of Europe, Lydia...

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%...

Mercury Expands Into Consumer Banking With Mercury Personal
Banking // April 17, 2024

Startup-focused banking FinTech Mercury is getting into the consumer banking business. The company has launched Mercury Personal, designed to help builders in the tech sector optimize their money, according to a Wednesday (April 17) news release. “Many founders and investors are not happy with their bank accounts today...

Interviews & Exclusives
From Checking to Savings to Lending, Platforms Pave Digital Path to Financial Wellness

May 20, 2024
Over the last several months, PYMNTS Intelligence data has revealed in separate reports that tens of millions of consumers would opt for a single point of access to manage banking and spending — through an everyday app. They’re using a number of digital conduits to gain a holistic view of spending and saving, budgeting their […]

Self-Serve and Digital-First Channels Can Populate ‘Banking Deserts’

May 17, 2024
Banks have been fine-tuning their branch efforts as the pandemic recedes, shuttering locations in some markets and building new outposts in others. The Federal Reserve said in a recent blog...

Digital Shift Helps Banks Tailor Credit Offers to Consumers

March 28, 2024
For decades, consumer expectations around the convenience and always-on capabilities of their financial services could not be met. The typical Monday-through-Friday banking hours and 4 p.m. branch closings have made...

Banks Need to Copy eCommerce’s ‘Friction-Free’ Experiences

March 27, 2024
Eric Foust, VP of Banking Partnerships, North America at Trustly, said that in the wake of the pandemic, consumers are looking toward banks to deliver the same ease of use and...

Quick Reads
Lydia Launches European Banking Super App Called Sumeria

May 15, 2024
French payments app Lydia has launched a European banking super app called Sumeria. The company will invest more than €100 million and hire 400 people in three years to become a major player in this sector in France before expanding to other parts of Europe, Lydia said in a Wednesday (May 15) post on LinkedIn, translated from […]

Mercury Expands Into Consumer Banking With Mercury Personal

April 17, 2024
Startup-focused banking FinTech Mercury is getting into the consumer banking business. The company has launched Mercury Personal, designed to help builders in the tech sector optimize their money, according to a Wednesday (April...

Trustly and Light & Wonder Team on Cashless Casino Deposits

April 10, 2024
Trustly launched a payments partnership with games company Light & Wonder. The collaboration is designed to bring cashless, in-person deposits to casino floors using Light & Wonder’s RAPIDPLAY solution, according to a...

Apple Accused of Limiting Russian Users’ Banking Options

April 04, 2024
Russia says the country’s Apple users don’t have full access to payments and banking services. As Reuters reported Thursday (April 4), Russia’s antitrust regulator, the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), has written to Apple...