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Citizens Debuts Digital Bank

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Citizens Financial Group announced the launch of its nationwide, direct-to-consumer digital bank. Citizens Access safely and securely offers Member FDIC-insured online savings and CD accounts with attractive rates and no fees to customers across the United States.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Green Dot Debuts GO2bank; Stimulus Checks Pose Challenges For TurboTax, H&R Block

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The bank showcases up to $200 in overdraft protection, high-value rewards, high-interest savings and chances to create, develop and monitor credit. The banks that help support Europe’s supply chains are set to face a very high increase in bad debts as a leading watchdog in the region introduces more restrictive standards.

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Southeast Asia B2B FinTech Keeps VC Wheels Turning

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bank technology firm securing $100 million to expand in the region. The investment also sees Malaysia-based V Capital establishing a strategic partnership with the bank to help it expand throughout Southeast Asia as it seeks its own Digital Bank License in Malaysia. As an FDIC insured bank in the U.S.,

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MOXY Preps Launch Of New Community Bank With NYMBUS

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MOXY bank , preparing to be one of the first new community banks to launch in the U.S. in decades, has announced that it is working with technology solutions company NYMBUS to integrate its core digital banking and payment services.

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

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But in absolute terms, it also passes at least some of the smaller banking players like Commerce Bank (with a market cap of about $6 billion at this writing). Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion). And CNBC notes that, conversely, the KBW Bank Index is down by roughly a third.

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Chime, Challenger Banks And The Challenges Of (Lofty) Valuations

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But in absolute terms, it also passes at least some of the smaller banking players like Commerce Bank (with a market cap of about $6 billion at this writing). Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion). And CNBC notes that, conversely, the KBW Bank Index is down by roughly a third.

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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

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Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Additionally, if recent trends are any indication, physical bank branches stand to lose a lot of ground in the near future.