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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has put forward a rule limiting overdraft fees at digital-first banks to $8 per incident, a move that could reshape revenue models at Chime, Current, and dozens of other neobanks serving low-income Americans.
The UK-based fintech giant Revolut has been granted a national banking charter by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, ending a prolonged regulatory saga and opening the door to full US deposit-taking and lending operations beginning Q4 2025.
SoFi Bank has increased its high-yield savings account annual percentage yield to 5.10%, effective immediately for direct deposit customers. The move recaptures SoFi's position among the highest-yielding digital savings accounts as competition for deposits intensifies across the neobank sector.
Chime Financial has agreed to pay $2.5 million and implement sweeping customer service reforms following a multistate investigation into account freeze practices. The settlement, led by California's DFPI, covers over 920,000 consumers who had accounts suspended without adequate notice.
Apple has announced deep integration of its revamped buy-now-pay-later service with Chime, Cash App, and Dave, allowing over 60 million neobank users to access zero-interest installment plans at checkout without a separate application or credit check for purchases under $500.
Mercury, the digital bank built for startups and small businesses, announced a $300 million Series C round led by Sequoia Capital at a $2.1 billion valuation. Funds will accelerate Mercury's expansion into corporate cards, international wires, and an integrated accounting suite for US SMBs.
The Senate Banking Committee passed the Consumer Financial Data Rights Act by a 12-9 vote, moving the US closer to a formal open banking framework. The bill mandates that banks and fintechs allow customers to share account data with third-party apps via secure, standardized APIs.
A CFPB analysis of peer-to-peer payment fraud reveals Zelle users reported $870 million in unauthorized transaction losses last year — a 22% increase from 2023. The bureau is weighing rules that would require banks to reimburse victims of authorized push-payment fraud.
Cross-border payments company Wise posted full-year revenue of £1.1 billion, a 27% year-over-year increase, and revealed plans to launch a full US checking account product in late 2025. The company says it will offer real-time multi-currency balances, a debit card, and direct deposit functionality.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled at least two additional interest rate reductions before year-end, a forecast that has sent digital bank executives scrambling to model the impact on high-yield savings yields and net interest margins that have underpinned record deposit growth since 2022.
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