Consumer technology platform Credit Karma, widely known as a credit monitoring tool, is boosting its data-focused strategy through a behavior-based auto insurance discount program offered in partnership with Progressive.
Read MoreIn a holiday season that’s seeing Bitcoin’s value rise, a New York-based community bank is allowing customers to earn Bitcoin rewards through a traditional checking account.
Read MoreGoogle Pay launched merchant cash back rewards through a partnership with U.K.-based startup, Fidel.
Read MoreBetterment and Wealthfront, two early robo-adviser startups that ushered in a wave of automated investment tools more than a decade ago, are preparing to expand their market share and scale more quickly.
Read MoreTD Bank and CIBC this week announced enhanced capabilities for their AI banking assistants, in a bid to drive engagement and keep customers in their ecosystems.
Read MoreStandard Chartered Ventures, the innovation unit of Standard Chartered, is partnering with asset servicer Northern Trust to launch Zodia Custody, a crypto custody business.
Read MoreZelle, the bank-backed peer-to-peer (P2P) payments network, is going social through the introduction of e-greeting cards. The feature was launched by U.S. Bank this week, and promises to add a ceremonial touch to peer-to-peer transactions.
Read MoreJPMorgan Asset Management this month acquired 55ip, a Boston and Mumbai-based fintech that offers tax automation technology for financial advisers. Terms of the deal, expected to close by the end of the year, were not disclosed.
Read MorePrimaHealth Credit, a Newport Beach, Calif.-based lender, is taking the popular point-of-sale shopping model for retail and applying it to elective medical procedures.
Read MoreCarta, a $3.1B Silicon Valley startup that helps private companies manage equity, will roll out a private share-trading market called CartaX in January, the company said this week.
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