“You want the right people to come in and say, ‘I think I can do this job’”: What banks are doing to hire more neurodiverse employees

10-Q, Member Exclusive

Huntington wants to win small businesses before they become banking customers

• Huntington is looking for its next small-business customers before they need a bank.
• With 1866 Studio, it’s betting that helping entrepreneurs solve everyday business problems now could earn it a role in their financial decisions later.

Culture and Talent, Member Exclusive, Opinion

AI can eat jobs, but companies still have to build the workforce

• AI can eliminate tasks and jobs, but companies still need to build the skills, talent pipelines, and workforce needed for what comes next.
• From entry-level training to decades of institutional knowledge, the risk is that companies cut work faster than they build the people and capabilities to replace it.

10-Q, Member Exclusive

Fifth Third is putting its banking relationships to work to find new growth

• Fifth Third is leaning on its existing banking relationships and infrastructure to make deposits stickier as AI makes it easier for customers to move money for better yields.
• The bank is bringing more money management tools into its apps while using Newline to extend its payments and banking infrastructure to fintechs beyond its own channels.

Lending, Member Exclusive

LendingTree wants to own an earlier step in the loan shopping journey

• LendingTree is moving upstream in the loan-shopping journey, using ChatGPT to reach borrowers while they’re still researching what they can afford and what type of loan they need.
• The strategy tests whether AI can turn that early research into completed applications, while LendingTree applies AI across offer comparison, customer acquisition, and servicing.

5 questions, Business of Fintech, Member Exclusive

How Bluevine will change under Valley Bank without losing its core

• Valley Bank is buying Bluevine’s technology, talent, and digital customer-acquisition engine rather than spending years building those capabilities in-house.
• Bluevine’s test is whether it can retain its speed and product culture while tapping Valley’s banking infrastructure and expanding its reach.