Cross River Bank is looking at new opportunities in business payments; Ben Isaacson of Cross River Bank stated, “Payroll is predominantly set up for traditional salary, ‘regular’ employees. There’s a real opportunity to innovate on that front; businesses can change how their employees get paid to be more consistent with how they’re working.”; they are also looking at how they can better improve payments to suppliers for their customers; Cross River Bank currently works with some of the biggest names in fintech and prides itself as being a technology-first bank. Source
Cross River Bank is one of the most forward thinking banks in the US. This is due to early embrace...
Today, Cross River Bank (CRB), one of the leading banks supporting marketplace lending platforms, has announced they have closed a significant...
Cross River Bank announced a collaboration with American Express at Money 20/20 Monday.
Fast Company looks forward to 2017 after a rough 2016 for fintechs; highlighted in their five fintechs to watch in 2017 is real estate technology firm Cadre which has closed more than $500 million in inventory; wealth management company Stash also made the top five; the company has gathered over 300,000 users and recently raised $25 million from a Series B funding round; Cross River Bank, a community bank which has close ties to the marketplace lending industry, also made the list; the company provides a banking infrastructure to many fintech firms and recently raised $28 million in new capital. Source
The partnership with Stripe will ultimately help marketplace or gig economy workers get paid faster through Cross River’s API platform;...
There was news out of Malaysia over the weekend that Cross River Bank had raised $100 million. A number of...
Bank holding company, CRB Group Inc., has received venture capital investment of $28 million from Battery Ventures LP, Andreessen Horowitz and Ribbit Capital; the large investment in a bank is unusual for venture capitalists which have mainly been known for early stage financing in new fintech startups; CRB Group however has been considerably growing its digital banking capabilities making the investment attractive for fintech venture capitalists; New Jersey-chartered, Cross River Bank, was founded in 2008 and has since partnered with numerous fintech startups to offer industry leading services for lending and payments; the bank is expected to use the investment to continue building on its industry leading fintech services; because the bank is FDIC regulated the VC investors will be limited in some of their investment activities. Source
On March 30, banking investor Cross River announced another successful funding round of $620 million, co-led by Andressen Horowitz and Eldridge Capital.
In this week’s PeerIQ Industry Update they cover the latest minutes from the FOMC meeting, the new NY Fed report on mortgage lending and Lending Club’s earnings report; the FOMC is on track to raise rates 3 times in 2018 and the new rates could affect ABS pricing; the NY Fed report on the role of technology on mortgage lending said fintech lenders are reducing processing times by 20 percent and default rates by 25 percent; Lending Club reported record revenue and a net loss, their stock dropped 18 percent on the news; PeerIQ also gives a report on their recent partnership with Cross River Bank. Source.