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Digital banks, payments startups face first major test in virus

Bank Innovation

Fintech startups looking to upend how Americans do their banking are facing their first major test as interest rates fall and fearful consumers seek safety at traditional banks. mobile payments companies founded after the 2008 financial crisis, and digital banks including Chime Inc. Square Inc.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

Gonzobanker

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

PYMNTS

Make that leather wallet a mobile one, wielded on smartphones. As we noted in this space earlier in the summer, using apps to bank is markedly being embraced by the younger generation. As spotlighted in the Digital Banking Tracker , the global digital banking market is slated to grow by 16 percent, compounded annually.

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Q4 Earnings Reports Show Mobile Banking’s Surge

PYMNTS

One common theme amid bank earnings — beyond lofty trading revenues gleaned from Wall Street — has been the increased uptake of mobile banking. Stats from banks, pretty much across the board, have given evidence that consumers have been pivoting to their mobile devices to attend to their everyday financial needs.

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Chase On Gen Z, Mobile Banking — 10 Years In

PYMNTS

With more consumers than ever interested in fulfilling all their financial needs on mobile, both legacy banks and FinTech firms are focusing on creating digital-only banking services, designed to catch and keep customers using their smartphones to bank. Around the Digital Banking World.

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FinTech LendingClub Buys Radius Bank For $185M

PYMNTS

FinTech LendingClub is purchasing Radius Bancorp for $185 million in cash and stock, according to a report by CNBC. LendingClub provides personal lending online, and it wants access to funding that is more stable and not as expensive. This is the first time a FinTech has purchased an actual bank. billion in assets.

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The Bank-FinTech Tie-Up Evolves

PYMNTS

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Airwallex Taps Deutsche Bank.

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