Category: Activity

June 14, 2021

J.D. Power’s study measured overall satisfaction with banking and credit card digital channels based on navigation, speed, visual appeal and information and content. The study, which was conducted in March and April, is based on responses from 17,011 retail bank […]

June 11, 2021

The programme, part of the company’s Start Path initiative, aims to give minority-led start-ups access to the support and funding necessary to scale. Start Path participants will receive direct access to the company’s channels, customers and product teams as well […]

June 10, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on how consumers received and paid for their visits to hospitals, clinics, urgent care centers and doctor’s offices in 2020, a new survey from U.S. Bank revealed. The key findings: Virtual care and […]

June 9, 2021

American Express and Synchrony are among the bidders looking to replace JPMorgan Chase as the issuer of Amazon’s co-branded credit card, Bloomberg and Reuters reported Tuesday. JPMorgan could get a 15% premium on top of the balance — which is […]

June 7, 2021

Citi is looking to redouble its effort to grow its U.S. branch footprint, CEO Jane Fraser said Friday at the virtual Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference, according to Business Insider. “I don’t believe branches are dead yet,” she said. “We will […]

June 7, 2021

Cross-border payments have long been complicated, slow, and expensive for businesses, with a labyrinth of correspondent banks, compliance requirements and entrenched systems often bogging down the movement of money. Lately, digitization of services and new software tools have set off […]

June 4, 2021

Due to be launched later this year, it will be the UK’s first green debit card that will let users track, reduce and offset their carbon footprint as they spend, and plant trees with profits. Demand for green fintech solutions […]

June 4, 2021

Synctera’s ability to haul in so much money probably has something to do with the marquee Silicon Valley name leading the company, CEO and co-founder Peter Hazlehurst, who headed ride-hailing company Uber’s management of global money flows. He left last […]

June 3, 2021

Previously eBay charged a flat 10% of the sale price, including postage, with PayPal taking a cut of 2.9% of the final amount, including postage, plus a small sum for each transaction. As of 1 June, eBay is charging a […]

June 1, 2021

TD Bank’s recent pledge to boost lending to minority-owned businesses comes as a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that many Black-owned businesses, many of which lacked existing relationships with traditional banks, leaned harder on […]