It may not be much longer before bank branches join video-rental stores and record shops as relics of a bygone era.
Silicon Valley is pressuring banks to change their ways or risk becoming the latest industry overtaken by technology. Hundreds of start-ups are offering easier and cheaper ways to save, borrow, spend and invest.
They are doing it by shifting the battleground to smartphone apps and websites, which function as digital offices that are accessible around the clock with minimal staffing, and by lowering fees. Read the full story here. Read the full story here.
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