Reuters reports that NCR Corporation, an Atlanta-based company that makes ATMs and self-service payment kiosks for the retail and hospitality industries, has offered to buy Cardtronics for $1.73B in cash.

Green Dot, a bank holding company and banking-as-a-service provider behind more than 100,000 retail brands, launched GO2bank, a digital banking brand for low-to-moderate income customers.

Several prominent financial industry leaders condemned the actions of a group of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed Capitol Hill on Wednesday, January 6.

Food delivery platform DoorDash, which this month went public at a $60.2B valuation, is rolling out a banking solution for its workers that includes a prepaid visa card and mobile banking app.

TD Bank and CIBC this week announced enhanced capabilities for their AI banking assistants, in a bid to drive engagement and keep customers in their ecosystems.

Personal finance company SoFi, which in October got preliminary approval for a banking charter from the OCC, is exploring possibilities to go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), according to a report from Reuters.

Step, a banking platform for teens, raised $50M in Series B financing led by Coatue, with participation from a range of known venture capital firms that are returning investors, alongside fintech executives from Visa, Venmo, Square, and Facebook. Celebrity investors include Dreamers VC (led by Will Smith), Tiktok star Charli D’Amelio, Justin Timberlake, The Chainsmokers, Eli Manning, and others.

Current, a New York-based digital banking startup, has picked up $131M in Series C funding, following a year of “exponential growth” for the company.

Growth in consumer accounts and a rush of revenue have propelled U.K.-based challenger bank Starling to break-even status, a feat few challenger banks have managed to pull off. The company reported an operating profit of £0.8M ($1M) for October, or £10M ($13.3M) on an annualized basis.

Daylight is a mobile-first digital banking platform launched to support LGBT+ people as they navigate their financial challenges.

PNC Bank plans to buy Spanish bank BBVA’s U.S. operations in an all-cash deal valued at $11.6B. The deal will create the fifth-largest U.S. bank by assets.

PayPal reported third quarter earnings this week, in which it reported strong user growth and future plans for its digital financial product suite.

Democratic lawmakers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) last week introduced the Public Banking Act, which would allow for the creation of federally chartered and supported public banks.

The banking-as-a-service ecosystem got a big boost this week through the release of APIs that allow clients’ programmers to build on top of the bank’s platform.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reported that in 2019, 5.4% of American households were unbanked, the lowest rate since 2009.