March 25, 2024

Founded in 2020, the start-up has three co-founders: Smeetha Ghosh (CEO), Brad Whittfield (CFO), and Gups Jutla (COO). Cashee describes itself as “a banking and financial education platform” and says it’s “empowering youth to create better money habits”. Once launched, […]

March 22, 2024

Minnesota homeowners insurance complaints rose 108% from 2020 to 2023, with of those complaints from homeowners concerned their claims were denied or they faced high out-of-pocket costs after damage from wind and hail. The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) shared […]

March 21, 2024

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week said it settled charges against two investment advisers related to “AI washing.” The firms, Delphia Inc. and Global Predictions Inc, will pay a total of $400,000 in civil penalties for making false […]

March 20, 2024

JPMorgan Chase has created a “sports investment banking coverage group” aiming to offer advisory and financing solutions for potential investors in athletic franchises, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing an internal memo. “Sports has become an increasingly large asset class, attracting more […]

March 19, 2024

Two fintechs, Biz2Credit and Womply, agreed to pay a collective $59 million to settle allegations they deceived small businesses seeking Paycheck Protection Program loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Trade Commission said Monday. Biz2Credit and its subsidiary, Itria Ventures, […]

March 18, 2024

This analysis begins with a look at some of those that did it first. Although a well-established retailer and grocer, it would take 78 years for British supermarket Tesco to tap the financial services market, a push led by the […]

March 18, 2024

UBS aims to expand its wealth management business in the U.S. through potential M&A activities within the next three to four years, Chair Colm Kelleher told the the Swiss NZZ newspaper Sunday, according to Reuters. Since its acquisition of Credit […]

March 14, 2024

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency fined JPMorgan Chase $250 million Thursday, and the Federal Reserve added a $98.2 million penalty, asserting the bank failed to adequately monitor client trading activities for market misconduct between 2014 and 2023. […]

March 14, 2024

For the report, Consumer Reports evaluated the mobile banking apps of five large traditional banks: Bank of America, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, as well as those of five digital banks: Albert, Ally, Chime, Current and […]

March 14, 2024

The U.S. dollar experienced a slight dip on Wednesday, although its descent was cushioned by an uptick in U.S. Treasury yields. In any case, FX volatility remained subdued as traders appeared to refrain from taking large directional positions ahead of […]

March 12, 2024

The latest trading session saw U.S. Bancorp (USB) ending at $43.21, denoting a -0.71% adjustment from its last day’s close. The stock’s change was less than the S&P 500’s daily gain of 1.12%. At the same time, the Dow added […]

March 11, 2024

In a statement on the company’s website, Oxygen says it officially commenced the “account closure process” on 8 March, with both consumers and business users being informed that their accounts will be closed on 29 March. The firm adds that […]

March 8, 2024

The ruling has lowered the charge from its previous figure of $32, in a move that the regulator hopes will save account holders more than $14 billion a year while axing what it describes as business models founded on “penalties, […]

March 8, 2024

Digital wallets are key in today’s digital economy, changing how we make payments globally. They make payments easy and improve security. This piece explores how digital wallets are changing payment methods, focusing on their importance for security, ease of use, […]

March 5, 2024

Lloyd’s of London has hit a short-term target of filling 35% of leadership roles with women, although less than half of firms in the commercial insurance market had hit the mark, it said on Tuesday. Lloyd’s said it needed to […]

March 5, 2024

Banco San Juan Internacional filed an amended lawsuit Thursday, seeking damages exceeding $150 million from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Fed’s board of governors. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District […]

March 4, 2024

The CIEF has been launched to provide funding to Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs). CDFIs are non-profit lenders including community development banks, credit unions, loan funds and venture capital funds which service underserved communities specifically with small business loans, real […]

March 4, 2024

Described as a “transformative step” for the firm by company CEO Romi Savova, PensionBee hopes its US operations will match or exceed the scale of its UK business within the next decade, adding that the US defined contribution pension market […]

March 1, 2024

Back in 1957, 1TB of storage capacity would have cost $9.2 billion, while 1TB of memory would have cost $411 trillion. Today, the same storage and memory capacity costs just $14 and $2,100, respectively. Banking has evolved in lockstep. We […]

February 29, 2024

The group – which is headquartered in Kansas City and includes CRB Securities and embedded finance solutions vendor Cross River Bank – says the new division will work to advise fintechs on “their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, […]