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VoPay to Expand Embedded Payments Offering with Cross River Partnership
March 12, 2024

VoPay, a provider of embedded payments technology based in Canada, is expanding its operations in the United States by teaming up with Cross River Bank. This alliance will give VoPay access to major payment rails and networks as well as Cross River Bank’s financial regulatory...

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Banking Customers Opt for Smaller Lenders As Giants Get Too Big
March 05, 2024

As the country’s banking giants expand, some consumers are looking for smaller alternatives. It’s a trend at the center of a Tuesday (March 5) Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, which says that these banking customers have found that switching to community lenders and credit unions offers a...

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Monzo Valued at $5 Billion as Neobank Plans Expansion
March 05, 2024

UK digital bank Monzo has been valued at $5 billion following a $430 million funding round. The round was led by Alphabet’s CapitalG group as well as Google Ventures, HongShan Capital and existing investors Passion Capital and Tencent, Monzo said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Tuesday (Mar. 5) “The new capital will be...

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Cash App Launches Offer of Up to 4.5% Interest on Savings
February 15, 2024

Cash App is now offering up to 4.5% interest on savings. “Earn up to 4.5% interest on your savings on Cash App through our partner bank and reach your goals faster,” the company said in a Thursday (Feb. 15) post on X. To earn this offer, users must...

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Bank of America Reports Digital Banking Alerts, Logins Rise 11%
February 12, 2024

Bank of America clients had a record 23.4 billion digital interactions with the bank in 2023. Those interactions include logging into their accounts 12.8 billion times and receiving 10.6 billion proactive digital alerts during the year, Bank of America said in a Monday (Feb. 12) press release....

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Digital Changed How Consumers Bank — Data Will Evolve Them
February 12, 2024

The rise of seamless, digital experiences has democratized convenience while transforming countless sectors. More than two decades into the 21st century, the banking landscape is now undergoing an evolution driven by the rise of digital banking. “The COVID-19 pandemic forced everybody onto digital channels, and...

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Good vs. Bad: Fraud Losses at FIs Up 65% as Both Sides Turn to AI
December 14, 2023

Fraud and financial crime remain challenging for financial institutions (FIs), even as fraud rates have remained high for many of them in 2023 relative to 2022 figures — a year in which 70% of FIs experienced increased fraud over 2021. At a time of the...

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PayPal Gets Approval to Offer Crypto-Asset Activities in UK
November 01, 2023

PayPal received approval from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Tuesday (Oct. 31) to offer crypto-asset activities in the United Kingdom. The FCA has implemented stricter rules on marketing crypto assets, causing issues for some companies, Reuters reported Wednesday (Nov. 1). Those wishing to offer crypto assets in the U.K....

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i2C and Banco de Credito Launch iO Banking App in Peru
October 17, 2023

Peru’s Banco de Credito (BCP), has joined forces with digital banking and payments solutions provider i2c Inc. to introduce the digital banking platform, iO, the companies said Tuesday (Oct. 17). Leveraging i2c‘s unified banking and payments technology, iO offers a range of features and benefits...