Banks connected to the collapse of Synapse are reportedly close to recovering customers’ frozen funds. These banks have made progress in putting together account information for those customers, which could mean their funds being released within weeks, CNBC reported Thursday (July 11), citing a source briefed on the matter. Staff from Evolve Bank Trust and Lineage Bank have in particular had success after recently hiring a former Synapse engineer to unlock data from the bankrupt FinTech middleman, said the source

They say there are no guarantees in life. That sentiment applies to financial services — at least, depending on where you look, or what promises are made by nonbanks. With traditional financial institutions (FIs), such as the banks that have been around for decades, even centuries, there are some guarantees. Up to $250,000

Four Democratic U.S. Senators have a message for bankrupt FinTech Synapse:. Let your customers get access to their deposits. The four senators — Senate Banking Committee chair Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman — wrote to the company’s owners and FinTech partners Monday (July 1), calling on them to restore customers’ access to their funds