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Neobank Mercury adds personal banking
The fintech, which has faced regulatory scrutiny, expanded into consumer banking with Mercury Personal, offering a banking option for founders and investors.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • April 17, 2024 -
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Warren, Grassley want details on CFTC, Bankman-Fried meetings
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his team met with CFTC Chair Rostin Behnam 10 times in the 14 months preceding FTX's bankruptcy. Lawmakers are now asking questions.
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Banks and fintechs have a choice when looking to grow: Identify a new customer segment and expand services, or drill down and better serve the clients they have.
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Q&ABofA evolves AI-powered assistant toward deeper digital integration
Six years into the Erica era, customers are taking advantage of the tool's insights as often as they're asking questions of it, said Nikki Katz, the bank's head of digital.
By Caitlin Mullen • April 15, 2024 -
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US, Europe lock arms on payments regulation
U.S. and European regulators have joined forces to monitor digital payment concerns, including those related to buy now, pay later financing and big tech market participation.
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JPMorgan’s Dimon wants more cloud to fuel AI, analytics
The nation's biggest bank aims to have 75% of its data and 70% of its applications in the cloud this year, the CEO said in his letter to shareholders.
By Matt Ashare • April 15, 2024 -
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Sponsored by HuronUnleashing the synergy of generative AI and robotic process automation in financial services
The synergy of generative AI and RPA is revolutionizing financial services.
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Bankman-Fried files to appeal conviction, sentence
In an email interview following his sentencing, the FTX founder told ABC News he’s “haunted, every day, by what was lost. I never intended to hurt anyone or take anyone’s money.”
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Citi’s reorg job toll climbs to 7,000: Fraser
The bank boosted its expectation for annual savings to $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, Citi, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase reported marked increases in FDIC special assessment costs.
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Adro raises $1.5M to bridge international students, banking services
Without a Social Security number or U.S. credit file, students coming from abroad face a lag in banking in their new home country. Adro aims to fix that.
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KeyBank scouts for fintech partners
The bank, which has yet to strike a fintech partnership this year, generally enters into one to two each year, said Ken Gavrity, president of Key Commercial Bank.
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Varo’s new CFO aims for ‘path to profitability’
Zillow alum Allen Parker is focused on “ensuring finance can play a role in how we prioritize our investments,” he said.
By Grace Noto • April 9, 2024 -
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Dimon blasts regulation, proxy advisers in annual letter
The JPMorgan Chase CEO also gave prominent space to AI, touting its potential impact in software engineering, customer service and operations, “as well as in general employee productivity."
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Treasury Prime, Narmi partner to offer customers FedNow service
The partnership aims to simplify and accelerate the adoption of FedNow by small and medium-sized financial institutions in Treasury Prime’s network.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • April 3, 2024 -
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Goldman renewables spinoff MN8 Energy secures $325M investment
Ridgewood Infrastructure and Switzerland-based Mercuria Energy both secured observer seats on the renewable energy company’s board of directors.
By Lamar Johnson • April 2, 2024 -
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Bank of America rolls out platform linking small businesses, CDFIs
The online platform, a partnership with the Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, provides access to around 150 local community development financial institutions and other business support organizations.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years in prison
The former crypto exchange CEO was convicted in November on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy.
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SEC can continue its case against Coinbase
The agency “sufficiently pleaded that Coinbase operates as an exchange, as a broker, and as a clearing agency under the federal securities laws,” U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled.
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SEC asks judge to green-light $2B penalty for Ripple
The crypto firm hasn’t accepted responsibility for the portion of XRP sales a judge ruled illegal in July, the SEC said. In a social post, Ripple’s CEO said the company would “expose the SEC for what they are” in a filing next month.
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Robinhood co-founder steps down
Baiju Bhatt, who co-founded the fintech 11 years ago and was most recently chief creative officer, is moving on to “focus on his next enterprise.”
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Banks balance cloud, cyber priorities with AI eagerness
More than two-thirds of financial firms have made meaningful progress on core modernization, according to Broadridge data.
By Matt Ashare • March 25, 2024 -
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Bakkt names Andy Main as new CEO in leadership shuffle
The switch comes after the New York Stock Exchange threatened to delist the crypto platform over its share price. Bakkt’s next chief executive will detail his vision for the company March 25 in an earnings call.
By Rajashree Chakravarty • March 20, 2024 -
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He could get 5 years. He could get 100. For how long will Sam Bankman-Fried go to prison?
Ryan Lee O'Neill, a New Jersey-based defense attorney, has represented countless defendants in the FTX founder's place. She has her own estimates.
By Gabrielle Saulsbery • March 20, 2024 -
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Robinhood goes live in the UK
The company indefinitely postponed its U.K. launch in 2020 over technical issues but rolled out a waitlist in November. It did, however, pause margin investing for U.K. users.
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FTC fines fintechs Biz2Credit, Womply $59M over PPP actions
The agency claimed Biz2Credit misrepresented the timeline for application processing, and Womply had inadequate customer service in the COVID-era crunch for small-business loans.
By Dan Ennis • March 19, 2024 -
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SEC busts company behind $300M crypto Ponzi scheme targeting Latinos
Under the leadership of Gary Gensler, the SEC has intensified efforts to protect investors involved in what he calls the “Wild West” of crypto assets.
By Jim Tyson • March 15, 2024
