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Novo Banks on Faster Deposits & Apps to Gain Small Business Market Share

Fintech Labs Insights

A feature that allows customers to easily set up dedicated savings accounts for various purposes. At the time of publication, both Novo and Mercury compensate us for new accounts. Reserves : I don’t love this name, since it makes me think of a credit line. In fact, it’s the opposite.

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SoFi Officially Files For A Bank Charter Of Its Own

PYMNTS

Just about a month ago, SoFi CEO Michael Cagney was telling media that the firm was about a month away from applying for a bank charter. Which means it really doesn’t come as all that huge a surprise that as of June 6th, SoFi had applied for a new (de novo) bank charter according to the FDIC. SoFi has confirmed the news.