When Silicon Valley Bank failed, fraudsters pounced
As customers rushed to withdraw their deposits from the bank and applied for accounts at other institutions, criminals took advantage of the chaos.
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As customers rushed to withdraw their deposits from the bank and applied for accounts at other institutions, criminals took advantage of the chaos.
Sumeet Chabria, founder and CEO of advisory firm Thoughtlinks and a former tech executive at Bank of America, explains some of the technology changes every bank should be making to ensure it's not the next victim of a bank run.
IntraFi, R&T Deposit Solutions and other companies help banks capture and insure the entirety of their customers' balances — a cogent need in the aftermath of SVB.
Fintechs were already clustered in New York and San Francisco. Now that most startups work with the four largest banks, it's even harder to create new technology in the heartland.
The layoffs come as the fintech is still working to close the SPAC merger it announced in August 2021.