Banking

On credit-building and building better financial habits: A closer look at Experian’s new checking account

  • Experian launched the Experian Smart Money Digital Checking Account and debit card to improve access to credit-building solutions. 
  • The new checking account features Experian Boost with a focus on the consumer segment just starting out on their financial wellness journey as well as Gen Z, who are new to building their creditworthiness.
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5 questions, Awards, Banking

How Pathward helps partners grow with confidence

  • Pathward was named Partner Bank of the Year at the Tearsheet Big Bank Theory Awards 2026.
  • Will Sowell, Chief Customer Officer at Pathward, discusses what fintechs need from a bank partner today, balancing innovation with risk and compliance, and how Pathward is adapting to market changes.
Javarya Kamran | November 10, 2026
Banking, Partner, Podcasts

Why Salient bet everything on auto lending and never looked back

  • Salient’s CEO Ari Malik bet everything on auto lending, relocated to sit next to a single customer, and now says the company has never lost a client among the roughly half of the top 20 lenders it serves.
  • Malik breaks down, how AI voice agent grew into a full compliance and loss-recovery stack, why big banks are adopting AI faster than smaller fintechs, and the company got here without a sales team.
Rabab Ahsan | October 13, 2026
Artificial Intelligence, Banking

Banks have moved past whether to modernize. Now they want outcomes.

  • At Temenos Regional Forum Americas, bankers set aside the case for modernization and focused on execution: how to modernize without disrupting critical systems, and where AI delivers measurable value.
  • Launch speed, cost, and customer experience have become the yardsticks for transformation, as trust expands beyond reliability to include relevance.
Rabab Ahsan | October 08, 2026
Banking, Member Exclusive

Avant is building a bank from scratch as the OCC approves most charter applicants

  • Avant CEO Al Goldstein says the fintech expects to move the majority of its assets and operations into Avant Bank, N.A.
  • Before Avant, 42 firms applied for OCC de novo charters since January 2025, and the agency approved 27.
Zack Miller | October 07, 2026
Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Member Exclusive

AI is the car, and you are the driver: Bank of America’s approach to AI learning

  • Bank of America trains its 200,000+ teammates on Gen AI by teaching accountability and critical thinking first, deliberately leaving out tokens and technical details.
  • Role-specific learning pathways, AI conversation simulators, and a network of AI Champions give employees a safe place to build skills and ease concerns about their careers. Success is measured by whether learning changes how people work and shows up in business outcomes.
Rabab Ahsan | October 06, 2026
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