Co-written with Jai Liester. Silent synapses represent one of neuroscience's most fascinating discoveries—connections between neurons that lie dormant until activated by specific triggers. These ...

Payment processor TabaPay said it has agreed to acquire the operating assets of Synapse Financial Technologies, a troubled banking-as-service fintech. According to TabaPay, the sale follows Synapse’s ...

Jelena McWilliams, bankruptcy trustee for Synapse Financial and former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said the bankruptcy of the fintech middleware firm in April has been "devastating" ...

Banks involved in the mess caused by the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse have made progress piecing together account information for customers that could result in a release of funds in a matter ...

How can we ensure Synapse is the last instance when a middleware banking-as-a-service (BaaS) partnership implodes? Millions of Americans use neobank accounts to hold their deposits and make payments, ...

There is an $85 million shortfall between what partner banks of fintech middleman Synapse are holding and what depositors are owed, according to the court-appointed trustee in the Synapse bankruptcy.