5 Min Read"It's on-demand capital for us," Optus Bank's CEO says of the payment company's deposit. The funds are part of PayPal's broader effort to confront race and income inequality.
4 Min ReadJo Jagadish, who joined TD Bank in April as head of commercial products and payments innovation, spent her childhood moving from country to country, so she's used to a world without borders — the kind of world emerging from the capabilities of fintech and demands of the pandemic.
3 Min ReadA public-private partnership that has fewer rules and restrictions than the Paycheck Protection Program would save more small businesses.
6 Min ReadThe digital bank, founded by a former Western Union president, offers tools to help low- and moderate-income people access their wages early, pay bills and engage in other financial services activities for a monthly fee.
3 Min ReadThe pressure is on the fintech, which helps banks make digital loans, to stanch its losses and show its lofty market valuation was deserved.
4 Min ReadBill Clerico created WePay during the last financial crisis, and sees a similar opportunity now. The coronavirus pandemic is affecting different markets in vastly different ways, and easing the flow of capital is just one way to provide help.
9 Min ReadCurrent, Stoovo and other companies are reaching out with low-cost, low-fee financial services and even tools to help users search for part-time jobs.
6 Min ReadBusiness models and adaptability will determine the success — or failure — of financial technology companies as they deal with fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.
4 Min ReadThe coronavirus pandemic has exposed weaknesses even at well-established fintechs. They could become more resilient by partnering with traditional financial institutions.
3 Min ReadJelena McWilliams explains the agency's decision to enlist the help of tech innovators to modernize a reporting process that the coronavirus epidemic has exposed as outdated.
