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How Finfit is building out its financial toolkit for hourly and other workers

Bank Innovation

The field of fintech companies focusing on people who live paycheck to paycheck continues to grow, with Virginia Beach-based Finfit picking up $7 million in Series B equity funding on Friday. The 11-year-old company operates a digital financial wellness platform for workers that is available through […].

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Clear Mountain Bank reaches new heights

Independent Banker

The West Virginia community bank is helping small-business customers get the financing they need while continually seeking new ideas to plan for its own future. Clear Mountain Bank is embracing flexibility, innovation and collaboration as it continues its ascent as a small-business connector in West Virginia. By Mindy Charski.

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Capital One Treasury Head: AI and ML Driving Customer Experience Improvements

Bank Innovation

Phil Beck, Head of Treasury Management at Capital One, is almost a year into his job at the McLean, Virginia-based bank, where his focus has been getting commercial banking up to speed with the digital economy.

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Fed Tackles Fraud On Legacy Rails As New Infrastructure Gains Traction

PYMNTS

PYMNTS explores these stories and others in this week’s Payment Rail Innovation Tracker. In a sign that RTP adoption is now spreading beyond the biggest banks, Chesapeake Bank , based in Virginia, has looped into The Clearing House’s Real-Time Payments (RTP) network. RTP Gains Community Bank Traction.

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Finance Firms Are Hiring in These Cities Following Global Cuts

Bank Innovation

In Richmond, Virginia, finance job openings grew 31.3% Demand for bankers and financial services workers appears to be waning following a wave of cutbacks at the start of the year. But a few cities are bucking the trend with double-digit growth in finance employment opportunities.

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

PYMNTS

Many municipalities are looking to help by proposing new uses for vacant retail sites, including a citywide initiative in Fairfax, Virginia called Activate Fairfax , where the Department of Economic Initiative is soliciting requests for interest in an abandoned Container Store location.

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Walgreens And Wing Team Up For Drone Delivery

PYMNTS

Wing is the first drone operator to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration as an air carrier, and the drone delivery service will be available to eligible residents in Christiansburg, Virginia, starting in October. . 19 release. . Department of Transportation’s Integration Pilot Program, starting in 2016.

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