Will Hernandez, American Banker

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Past articles by Will:

Now $500 million richer, Chime eyes acquisitions

The challenger bank might use the proceeds from its latest funding round to buy other fintechs that would allow it to add more products and services, its CEO said. → Read More

SoFi cleared to offer crypto in New York

The online lender, which is looking to diversify its consumer financial offering, is the ninth company to get New York state approval to establish a virtual currency business. → Read More

Not just speed: Data transfer another dividend of faster payments

The Clearing House argues that participants in payments transactions could share far more invoice information over its real-time network. → Read More

A familiar IT tool gets a new role in digital banking

Axos Bank favors remote access over chatbots, as it connects bankers with online customers in real time. → Read More

Tired of paying ‘ransom’ to core vendors, two small banks fund new one

The State Bank Group and The Provident Bank are backing Neocova, which focuses on community banks. → Read More

Challenger bank tailors rates to encourage savings

HMBradley will assign interest rates according to how much customers set aside from direct deposits each month. → Read More

How Mastercard aims to help banks win back customers’ trust

The financial services industry has struggled with how best to explain privacy and data-sharing practices to customers. Mastercard is offering a new framework. → Read More

Mobile investments give banks a small-business trust bump

Taking a page from fintech competitors, banks have worked to enrich the small-business app experience. → Read More

The changing shape of bank-fintech partnerships

Startups are increasingly expanding into new areas with their bank partners in an effort to broaden their customer base and bring products to market faster. → Read More

Challenger banks already had trust issues. Then came the service interruptions.

Outages last week at Chime and Varo Money have executives on the defensive. → Read More

Why Scotiabank is building 'digital factories'

The Toronto-based bank has hired 1,200 people across five countries in North and South America to focus on digital features. → Read More

API developer Galileo raises $77M to expand outside North America

The fintech provides API support to Chime, Varo Money, and other challenger banks. → Read More

Two new fintechs court digital entrepreneurs

Grasshopper Bank and Mercury are each targeting customers that face limited options in the market. → Read More

Two new fintechs court digital entrepreneurs

Grasshopper Bank and Mercury are each targeting customers that face limited options in the market. → Read More

LendingClub's new pitch to institutional investors

The company has rolled out an online platform for firms considering marketplace loans as an asset class. → Read More

How alleged Asian crypto scam became headache for Comerica, Mastercard

A digital currency firm has been accused of recruiting actors to pretend to be Comerica and Mastercard employees, writing a fake prospectus and taking other steps to make it look like the two U.S. companies were its partners in an investment venture. → Read More

Fake ID fraud is declining, but small lenders are still vulnerable

Though synthetic identity fraud is down across the industry, there's been an uptake in such attacks targeting credit unions. → Read More

Google exec named CEO of online lender OakNorth

Sunil Chandra's job will be to guide the fintech's international expansion. It says 12 banks are using its small-business lending platform, including three in the United States. → Read More

Cloud banking provider nCino raises $80 million

The company will use the funds to increase research and development efforts as well as expand its global presence. → Read More

Small bank’s big digital goal: Launch 3 niche banks

Surety's first online bank, booyah, is aimed at college students and young grads. → Read More