Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Financial technology startups will enter the next decade with a little more street cred than the last time around. Nearly 60 upstarts focusing on financial services — from Stripe Inc. to Chime Inc. to Plaid Inc. — have garnered valuations of more than $1 billion in recent years, according to CB Insights.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The parameters around how consumer financial information should be shared with third-party apps and platforms was the subject of debate at an industry forum organized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

This week, digital banking startup Varo received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a significant milestone in the company’s three-year quest to become a bank.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2020

For Brice Luetkemeyer, president and CEO of Bank of St. Elizabeth, a Missouri-based community bank with $150 million in assets, investing in a core banking startup is critical for its future. Together with a group of other community banks, Bank of St. Elizabeth recently invested in Neocova, a St.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 6, 2020

Singapore has received “strong interest” in its effort to open up the banking industry to fresh competition after 21 groups made bids for digital licenses, the financial regulator said.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The Clearing House (TCH) showed encouraging progress for the digital financial ecosystem last month when they proposed their model financial data sharing agreement. Kabbage and Plaid support simple and uniform rules for data sharing.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2019

based money transfer startup TransferWise is going beyond cheeky ads to spread its message of foreign exchange fee transparency. It’s taking its position to regulators around the world in an effort to change how the industry operates. The eight-year-old company, which is reportedly valued at $3.8

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Robinhood is getting a new board member: Dan Gallagher, a former commissioner for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The addition comes almost a year after a planned Robinhood checking account product was torpedoed by regulatory and insurance questions.

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BankInovation

JULY 9, 2020

Big banks are taking inspiration from government intelligence agencies when it comes to combating cybersecurity threats as command centers become the standard, according to Bill Stewart, partner at fintech consultancy Capco. “If If you’re a large [financial institution], for sure you have it.

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BankInovation

JULY 31, 2020

Varo Money officially announced today it is shedding the “banking startup” title, as the company has finally received its banking charter after a three-year journey. Whether more fintechs will follow suit remains to be seen. “A

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BankInovation

JULY 31, 2020

After a three-year saga, Varo Money finally has its bank charter. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve all signed off on Varo Bank N.A., the bank announced today. This is a thrilling milestone for Varo, as the bank charter has been a core part […].

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Andrew just needs to review the account and forward on to compliance for their review. Andrew can snooze until Compliance has done their work so his workspace is not cluttered. Built a workflow for the bank so the bank can approve payment and see all compliance and tax information. Their application is middleware.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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