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    Robinhood co-founder steps down

    Baiju Bhatt, who co-founded the fintech 11 years ago and was most recently chief creative officer, is moving on to “focus on his next enterprise.”

    By March 25, 2024
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    Banks balance cloud, cyber priorities with AI eagerness

    More than two-thirds of financial firms have made meaningful progress on core modernization, according to Broadridge data.

    By Matt Ashare • March 25, 2024
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    Artificial intelligence

    Banks are enthusiastic about AI’s promises. But can they get customers on board, and will regulators let the innovation happen?

    By Banking Dive staff
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    Bakkt names Andy Main as new CEO in leadership shuffle

    The switch comes after the New York Stock Exchange threatened to delist the crypto platform over its share price. Bakkt’s next chief executive will detail his vision for the company March 25 in an earnings call.

    By March 20, 2024
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    He could get 5 years. He could get 100. For how long will Sam Bankman-Fried go to prison?

    Ryan Lee O'Neill, a New Jersey-based defense attorney, has represented countless defendants in the FTX founder's place. She has her own estimates.

    By March 20, 2024
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    Robinhood goes live in the UK

    The company indefinitely postponed its U.K. launch in 2020 over technical issues but rolled out a waitlist in November. It did, however, pause margin investing for U.K. users.

    By March 20, 2024
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    The agency claimed Biz2Credit misrepresented the timeline for application processing, and Womply had inadequate customer service in the COVID-era crunch for small-business loans.

    By March 19, 2024
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    SEC busts company behind $300M crypto Ponzi scheme targeting Latinos

    Under the leadership of Gary Gensler, the SEC has intensified efforts to protect investors involved in what he calls the “Wild West” of crypto assets.

    By Jim Tyson • March 15, 2024
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    Morgan Stanley names firmwide AI chief

    Jeff McMillan, a 15-year veteran of the bank, led the creation of Morgan Stanley’s generative AI-powered chatbot last year as chief analytics and data officer.

    By March 15, 2024
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    A year later: SVB’s impact on fintech

    Fintechs like Mercury and MoneyLion showed their resilience, offering innovative products and assisting their customers through difficult times.

    By March 13, 2024
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    FDIC vice chair wants regulators to hurry up on addressing tokenization

    Tokenization could be a "major leap" for the monetary system. Travis Hill doesn't want the U.S. to be left out.

    By March 12, 2024
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    JPMorgan to launch biometric checkout next year

    The bank’s payments unit plans to engage in more pilots this year before rolling out the checkout service broadly next year, said Prashant Sharma, JPMorgan’s executive director of biometrics and identity solutions.

    By March 11, 2024
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    How banks, fintechs can navigate regulatory challenges in BaaS space

    Banks have a responsibility to treat their customers fairly because they deal with people’s money, said the CEO of Synctera, a partner of Lineage Bank, which was recently hit with an FDIC consent order over BaaS.

    By March 6, 2024
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    JPMorgan Chase’s Neovest buys LayerOne Financial

    The deal allows Neovest’s 500-plus clients, many of them hedge funds, to monitor portfolios, conduct risk assessments and perform compliance checks, among other things.

    By March 5, 2024
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    Metropolitan Commercial Bank exits BaaS

    “The decision to terminate these financial service partnerships will reduce the Company’s exposure to the heightened, and evolving, regulatory standards related to these activities,” the bank said in its 10-K filing last week.

    By March 4, 2024
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    Coinbase users see $0 balance in technical glitch

    “We are aware that some users may see a zero balance across their Coinbase accounts and may experience errors in buying or selling,” the crypto exchange wrote on its website. “Your assets are safe."

    By Feb. 29, 2024
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    Smaller credit unions face hurdles despite NCUA’s fintech rule

    The financial innovation rule may open the door to more partnerships, but larger institutions still have advantages on tech, budget and risk management, experts say.

    By Ken McCarthy • Feb. 28, 2024
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    Green Dot faces Fed’s proposed consent order

    The digital bank set aside $20 million to cover a potential penalty stemming from compliance risk management issues predating the company’s current management.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    Treasury Prime has laid off half its staff

    The banking-as-a-service platform is shedding its fintech-bank liaison duties — and about 40 to 50 employees — to focus exclusively on providing software to banks.

    By Feb. 28, 2024
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    Kraken wants SEC suit dismissed

    The playbook for Kraken's motion to dismiss looks a lot like those of Binance and Coinbase.

    By Feb. 23, 2024
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    AI could spark change in the SMB lending space: white paper

    Financial institutions, including fintechs, can leverage artificial intelligence technology like machine learning to automate lending decisions, a white paper commissioned by Uplinq said.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
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    PayPal invests in AI startup Rasa

    The investment is the first that the digital payments pioneer is making from its new artificial intelligence venture fund.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Feb. 20, 2024
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    Capital One to acquire Discover in $35.3B deal

    The transaction would give a big boost to a bank well-known for its credit card component, yet lend regulatory gravitas and investment dollars to a struggling card network.

    By Feb. 20, 2024
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    SoLo Funds nears 2M users

    The peer-to-peer lending platform has faced some regulatory backlash, but a study from London's Centre for Economics and Business Research shows it's cheaper than many other subprime options.

    By Feb. 14, 2024
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    NY AG expands suit against DCG

    Attorney General Letitia James initially alleged that Digital Currency Group and others defrauded investors of $1 billion. Now, after hearing from more investors, that number is up to $3 billion.

    By Feb. 12, 2024
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    HSBC CEO knew of a plan to poach SVB bankers, First Citizens alleges

    First Citizens filed an amended complaint in federal court Wednesday, in line with a judge's order last month to "clean up" its initial $1.2 billion lawsuit.

    By Feb. 9, 2024