Several review websites have sprung up to compare international money transfer apps. They award a score to each app based on metrics like features, customer…
Specialized forex brokers help you send money to other countries and charge lower fees for this service than banks. I discussed several of these brokers…
International money transfer apps provide an alternative to bank transfers. These apps charge lower fees than the banks do when you send money abroad. They’re…
Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that the card networks Visa and Mastercard plan to raise interchange fees. This is bad news for merchants, who…
Insurance isn’t safe from fintech disruption either. Originally, many insurance companies used similar marketing strategies and primarily competed on price. Now, insurtech startups like Lemonade,…
Brandjacking is a growth hacking method where a startup uses another company’s brand to promote its own services. Sometimes, the brandjacker even impersonates the other…
I recently interviewed Lorde Astor West (Astor), the founder of fintech startup Scratchware. This startup pioneered Surcharging-as-a-Service™ by making an app that can recover credit…
Digital banks have gained popularity recently and traditional banks have two ways to launch them. A bank can carry out a core upgrade and replace…
I joined the beta program for the neobank app Unifimoney recently. While it’s clearly a banking app, it’s designed to function like the financial superapps…
Credit unions and small banks need modern technology to compete with fintechs. If they don’t move fast, they could lose younger and business customers to…