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The Bank Innovation and INV Fintech teams sit down and discuss major news from the past week and what to look for in the week ahead.

The Bank Innovation and INV Fintech teams sit down and discusses major news from the past week and what to look for in the week ahead.

At the helm of Fifth Third’s digital strategy, Melissa Stevens is focused on delivering suggestions based on customer needs and preferences. Now, the 160-year-old bank is zeroed in on data-driven customer experiences. In this episode of “Fintech Unfiltered,” Stevens speaks with Bank Innovation about how Fifth Third focuses on customers' needs instead of competing with the biggest banks.

One week after the Small Business Administration launched its Paycheck Protection Program, banks and fintechs alike are still navigating best practices to get funding into the hands of small business clients. As COVID-19 continues to rattle the economy, startups are launching new products and features to engage customers. The week’s news wasn’t confined to coronavirus-related coverage. On Tuesday,...

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

In this new episode of “Fintech Unfiltered,” Bank Innovation sat down with Kelly Ford, who was recently named new general partner at Edison Partners, to discuss the challenger banks and platforms in which the firm has invested, and why. 

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Royal Media CEO JJ Hornblass hosted an event in the company’s Manhattan office to discuss Citi Ventures, and D10x, incubates new concepts and ideas.

In this episode of Fintech Unfiltered, Bank Innovation sat down with BMO Financial Group‘s Ben Schack to discuss the mutually beneficial partnerships between BMO and startups. 

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

In this episode of Fintech Unfiltered, we sit down with OnDeck CEO Noah Breslow to talk about the small business lending company's goal of becoming a full-service bank. Breslow touches on the company's vision of a 'mom and pop' bank of the future, what steps the company is taking to get a bank charter and some of the challenges involved in the process.

Bank Innovation's end-of-week update with breaking news and key trends.

On this episode of Fintech Unfiltered, sponsored by Blend, we spoke to Unconventional Ventures founder Theodora Lau on the lack of diversity in fintech and startups. She argues that better representation leads to better innovation for new products and services.

On this episode of Fintech Unfiltered, sponsored by Q2 {open}, we spoke to Digit founder and CEO Ethan Bloch on Digit's next steps and the future of personal finance. Bloch emphasized the goal is not to replace the bank but to help customers manage their money better through automation. This is an excerpt from a phone interview.

August de los Reyes, Varo's new chief design officer, brings a resume that includes head of design at Xbox, head of design at Pinterest and director of user experience at Google. We sat down with de los Reyes to learn more about his future plans for the banking startup's design.

Credit Sesame, which raised $43 million last week, provides free credit scores and insights into how to improve those scores. The company also suggests loans and credit cards that could help. We interviewed Credit Sesame CEO Adrian Nazari for a story this week. This is an excerpt from that phone interview.