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TRENDING: How Credit Unions Give Digital The Personal Touch

PYMNTS

Advanced technology is increasingly raising the stakes of how CUs should operate, with members coming to expect the instant payments and slick mobile interfaces that large banks and FinTechs have made standard. Deep Dive: How CUs Leverage Social Media. Developments From Around The Credit Union Space.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. That’s enough to send normal people into the fetal position.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

We must continue to fight increased regulation, specialty charter considerations and the potential for more fintech access to traditional rails without the same oversight. At-large director Doug Ouellette, Chief community banking officer, Mercantile Bank of Michigan, Grand Rapids, Mich. ICBA standing committee chairs (from left).

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Grand Rapids, Michigan. Payments via social media. The post Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: Payments, mobile, social, Facebook, Startup Chile (investor). Source: Crunchbase. Prepaid mobile wallet for fundraising. Latest round: $900,000 Seed.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

FinTech threats and distractions. While the darling of FinTech conferences, this divestiture seems primarily driven as a means of Customers delaying the $10 billion Durbin hit and maintaining quarterly EPS expectations from the Street. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club? Payments chaos.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

An App Store for FinTech applications. Social media is a special challenge since social media was not created with compliance in mind. I can see how some other social media channels may be more prevalent and important in the U.S. Many of the team appears to be professors in Michigan.