Walmart, which offers a debit card issued by Green Dot Bank named Walmart MoneyCard, is adding demand deposit account (DDA) capabilities, transforming the Walmart MoneyCard from a prepaid card to a full-suite checking account.

Wireless provider Verizon this month rolled out an app to allow children to try out banking and personal finance management – with the oversight of their parents.

Revolut, a digital banking platform that operates in more than 30 European countries, Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, Japan, and the U.S., reported a £168M ($234M) loss for 2020, up 57% year-over-year, but Revolut’s adjusted annual revenues (which take into account crypto) were also up 57% at £261M ($364M).

Dave, a California-based challenger bank, personal finance app and earned-wage access provider, announced plans to merge with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings III, Inc., a special-purpose acquisition company sponsored by Victory Park Capital.

Square is quickly expanding its territory beyond payments. The firm, which obtained a bank charter in March, is reportedly on the cusp of offering checking and savings accounts for its small-business customers.

Eco, a personal finance app that takes deposits and offers savings accounts paying 2.5-5% interest, appears to undertake a lot of banking activities without positioning itself as a bank or a cryptocurrency firm.

Wells Fargo is launching a 10-year initiative to bring unbanked and underbanked Americans into the financial system.

Investors are making serious bets on digital banking apps for young people. This week, three major companies in this space secured investments: Greenlight, which focuses on kid-friendly accounts

Till, a fintech founded by dads Tom Pincince, Taylor Burton, and Brian Chemel, markets itself as the first collaborative financial platform specifically built for families.

Goldman Sachs, whose Marcus digital banking brand in the U.K. recently reopened savings accounts deposits after a nearly 8-month pause, is investing £50M ($69M) in neobank Starling, barely a month after Starling closed a $381M funding round.

Marcus by Goldman Sachs, which likens itself to a fintech startup operating inside a large bank, is these days looking more like a legacy bank unit facing a flight of talent – the latest being head of product Sonali Divilek.

Alkami, a 12-year-old Texas-based banking technology startup with a cloud-based platform for banks and credit unions, announced an initial public offering (IPO) at a $2B valuation.

Q2, an Austin-based publicly-traded company that specializes in banking and lending technology solutions, has acquired ClickSWITCH, a 7-year-old Minneapolis-based fintech that developed a patent account-switching solution.

With more than 9,000 stores across the U.S. and interactions with 8 million customers in-store and online, pharmacy retailer Walgreens is now betting on financial services in a tie-up with card issuer MetaBank and payments provider InComm Payments.