Tag: FinancialServices

Truist Financial Corporation announced on February 12, 2026 that it has completed its first open‑banking integration, partnering with Mastercard’s open finance technology. The new API‑based platform gives Truist’s retail and small‑business customers a centralized, tokenized gateway to their financial data, enabling them to connect directly with a curated ecosystem of fintech applications without exposing login credentials.

Signal Tree Financial Partners, LLC, a Northeast Ohio‑based SEC‑registered investment advisor, has acquired HHL Group, Inc., a well‑established Medina, Ohio tax and accounting firm. Finalized on December 31, 2025, the acquisition aligns with Signal Tree’s strategy to provide coordinated, end‑to‑end financial services for its clients.

Community banks have been scrambling to keep pace with fintech‑driven expectations for instant, smartphone‑first banking. Now, Corserv, a veteran in credit‑card processing, is handing them a piece of the puzzle that traditionally lived behind the firewall of big‑ticket processors. By plugging its full‑stack credit‑card management suite into Jack Henry’s Digital Banking platform, the two firms promise a “single‑pane‑of‑glass” experience that covers everything from card issuance to fraud monitoring—without forcing banks to juggle a dozen third‑party widgets.