
Slope Launches SlopeScore: The Cashflow Score for Businesses
Slope Unveils SlopeScore, a Cashflow Scoring Tool for Businesses Slope today announced the launch of SlopeScore, the firstcash flow underwriting system purpose-built for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). SlopeScore uses a patent-pending categorization engine with an LLM at its core…

American Banker Names Fifth Third Commercial Payments Leaders to Annual Most Powerful Women in Banking Lists
American Banker Recognizes Fifth Third Commercial Payments Leaders Among Most Powerful Women in Banking Fifth Third Bank (Nasdaq: FITB) is pleased to announce that Bridgit Chayt, head of commercial payments, has again been named to American Banker’s list of Most…

Pool Partners With First Internet Bank and Visa to Offer Multi-User Consumer Financial Accounts
Pool Teams Up with First Internet Bank and Visa to Launch Multi-User Consumer Accounts Pool United, Inc., a San-Francisco-based consumer payments company, is launching a new multi-user financial account in partnership with First Internet Bank, Member FDIC and Visa®. This…

AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Liberty Mutual Group Inc.’s New Senior Unsecured Notes
AM Best Assigns Credit Rating to Liberty Mutual Group’s New Senior Unsecured Notes AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of “bbb” (Good) to the EUR 750 million, 3.875% senior unsecured notes, due 2035, issued by Liberty…

Schwab Trading Activity Index™: STAX Score Keeps Rising in September
Schwab Trading Activity Index™ Shows Continued Growth in September The Schwab Trading Activity Index™ (STAX) increased to 46.12 in September, up from its score of 43.69 in August. The only index of its kind, the STAX is a proprietary, behavior-based…

NPLA Appoints Eric Abramovich, Co-Founder of Roc360, as Chairman of the NPLA Advisory Council
Outgoing Chair Jeff Tennyson, honored for three years of service, will remain active on the Advisory Council. The National Private Lenders Association (NPLA) announced today that Eric Abramovich, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Roc360 (parent of Roc Capital), has been selected Chairman of…

Cascadia Capital Appoints Jonathan Cantwell as Head of Technology Investment Banking
Strategic Hire Signals Launch of Silicon Valley Office Amid Expansion of Cascadia’s Technology Practice Cascadia Capital, an independent investment bank serving middle-market clients globally, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan Cantwell as Head of Technology Investment Banking. This…

The Race to Modern Banking
Competing for the Future of Banking iDENTIFY, a Tulsa-based data engineering firm and a Snowflake Select Certified Partner, today announced new partnerships with Community Bank, MVB Bank, and OMB Bank. These institutions are part of a growing trend in modern banking, investing in…

Nubank Applies for U.S. National Bank Charter
Nubank Files Application for U.S. National Bank Charter Nubank (NYSE:NU), one of the world’s largest digital financial services platforms, announced today that it has applied for a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)…

Western Alliance Bank Adds Todd Popovich to Los Angeles-Based CRE Team
Western Alliance Bank Expands Los Angeles CRE Team with Todd Popovich Western Alliance Bank today announced that distinguished commercial real estate veteran Todd Popovich has joined the company as Managing Director for Institutional Commercial Real Estate Finance, California. Western Alliance Bank…

Beata Mazen Joins Eastern Bank As Senior Vice President, Consumer Banking Strategy Manager
Eastern Bank Appoints Beata Mazen as SVP, Consumer Banking Strategy Manager Eastern Bank is pleased to welcome Beata Mazen in a new role as Senior Vice President, Consumer Banking Strategy Manager. Ms. Mazen brings 25 years of experience in sales, customer…

Intellicheck Recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape 2025 for Financial Services Identity Verification
IDC MarketScape 2025 Names Intellicheck a Leader in Identity Verification for Financial Services Intellicheck, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDN) announced that it has been recognized as a Leader in the just published IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Identity Verification in Financial Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc #US52985325,…

