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LGBT+ Digital Bank Daylight Launches With Visa Fast Track Boost

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Daylight , the first digital bank for the LGBT+ community, just went live in a Nov. Daylight is just the latest member of Visa’s Fast Track program, an initiative that provides FinTechs looking to get off the ground with a bank sponsor and external payments processor.

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WSFS Bank: Plain Vanilla Digital Banking Won’t Cut It Any More

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The new coronavirus had an immediate and profound effect on the financial services industry, as brick-and-mortar bank branches closed to protect public health. Those closures meant that many consumers in countries like the United States were left only with digital platforms to access their bank accounts or to conduct necessary transactions.

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For Community Banks, Big Business From Small Business Credit Cards

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For community banks serving small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), training an eye on credit cards can translate into additional revenue streams and tap into an unmet need for those SMBs. Kearney found 26 percent of small business cardholders have community banking relationships in place. There’s a lot of runway here.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Revolut Rolls Out Goals Feature For Youth; Bank of Korea To Start Piloting Cryptocurrency Distribution

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As of now, the Junior’s Goals function is available to every Revolut Premium and Metal user in the United States and the European Economic Area. Bank Of Korea To Begin Testing Distribution Of Digital Currency. has reportedly cut over 700 positions in commercial banking. Wells Fargo & Co.

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Why Migrant Workers Need Financial Service Offerings All Their Own

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As Magnus Larsson, CEO of Majority , told PYMNTS in an interview shortly after the firm’s launch, no matter where they are from, where they work or how much they make, migrant workers all face a common problem in the United States: Financial services are not always easy to secure. For $5 per month, Majority members in the U.S.

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Why Migrant Workers Need Their Own Financial Services

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As Magnus Larsson, CEO of Majority , told PYMNTS in an interview shortly after the firm’s launch, no matter where they are from, where they work or how much they make, migrant workers all face a common problem in the United States: Financial services are not always easy to secure. For $5 per month, Majority members in the U.S.

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Branching Out: Physical Locations Boost CUs' Digital Plans

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The pandemic has cost more than 300,000 lives in the United States alone, and it has also challenged many institutions — such as credit unions (CUs) — that were never designed to operate on a primarily remote basis. Canada’s largest community credit union has announced that it is expanding its commercial network.