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Quontic names Robert G. Russell, Jr. as new President

August 10, 2023

Quontic Bank opens Metaverse outpost

May 19, 2022

EY announces Steven Schnall of Quontic Bank as an Entrepreneur Of The Year®️ 2022 New York award finalist

May 12, 2022

Quontic the first bank to launch payment ring in the United States

April 12, 2022

Quontic Bank creates 10 member advisory board to support community development efforts

January 25, 2022

Quontic named one of American Banker’s Best Banks To Work For in 2021

November 10, 2021

Quontic awarded $1.825M from U.S. Department of Treasury to aid homeownership in communities impacted by COVID-19

September 12, 2021

Quontic Appears on Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000

August 30, 2021

Quontic Named Winner of 2021 FIS Impact Award for Innovative Use of Technology

August 26, 2021

EY Announces Steve Schnall of Quontic as an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 New York Award Finalist

June 28, 2021

Grace Pace Named to ICBA Independent Banker’s 40 Under 40: Emerging Community Bank Leaders List

June 7, 2021

Steve Thomas Joins Quontic Bank CDFI Advisory Board

January 8, 2021

Quontic Bank Launches First-Ever Bitcoin Rewards Checking Account

January 7, 2021

Quontic Bank Hires Felix Todd As Chief Technology Officer

January 6, 2021

Quontic Announces Appointment Of Casey Christopher As Chief Empowerment Officer

January 5, 2021

Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing and Closing of $8,000,000 of Subordinated Notes in a Private Placement

September 28, 2020

Patrick Sells of Quontic Selected for ICBA Independent Banker’s 40 Under 40 List for 2020

June 1, 2020

Patrick Sells of Quontic Selected as “American Banker’s” 2020 Digital Banker of the Year

June 1, 2020

Quontic Appoints Mike Lantz to Chief People Officer

April 30, 2020

Quontic Bank Launches BeTheDrawbridge to Assist Small Business Owners in New York City Impacted by COVID-19

April 9, 2020

Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp. Announces $8M Investment in a Private Placement

March 5, 2020

Quontic Debuts First of Its Kind Streamline Refinance Mortgage

February 28, 2020

Quontic Awarded National Low-Income Target Market by U.S. Treasury

October 29, 2019

Quontic Plans Nationwide Expansion with Seasoned Sales Team

September 3, 2019

Quontic: Quontic Bank CEO Receives Entrepreneurship Award from University of Florida

April 30, 2018

Quontic Bank Joins Zelle Network^® to Give Customers a New Way to Pay

December 4, 2017

Quontic Bank adds 28,000 surcharge-free ATMs through MoneyPass^®

November 27, 2017

Quontic Bank sends pallets of emergency drinking water to support Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico

November 1, 2017

Quontic Bank awarded 5-Star BauerFinancial Rating

October 6, 2017

Statement by Quontic Bank CEO Steven Schnall on President Trump’s tax reform speech

August 30, 2017

Quontic Bank makes INC. Magazine’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list

August 28, 2017

Quontic Bank wins national recognition for savings campaign

June 23, 2017

Quontic Bank moves to larger office in Coral Gables

February 17, 2017

Quontic: Quontic Bank Moves to Larger Office in Melville

October 4, 2016

Quontic: Quontic Bank Providing Surcharge-Free ATM Access to Customers Via Citi’s CitiATM Community Network

August 15, 2016

Quontic Bank ranked Top 200 in America

July 22, 2016

Quontic Bank nationally recognized for savings excellence

May 20, 2016

News

Quontic Combines Adaptive Digital Banking and Its Role as a CDFI to Help Communities Across America

March 13, 2024

What the Bored Ape Yacht Club and Quontic’s pool party in the Metaverse means for your company

July 12, 2022

BankingDive.com

Banks eye first-mover advantage to embracing the metaverse

June 3, 2022

American Banker

A journey into the metaverse with Quontic Bank

May 17, 2022

The Financial Brand

Wearables: What’s the future of watches, rings & bracelets in payments?

April 20, 2022

American Banker

Quontic Bank tests consumer enthusiasm for a payment ring

April 12, 2022

Quontic Bank on the role of ATMs in digital-first banking

March 24, 2022

Quontic Bank named Most Innovative in Money’s “5 Best Online Banks of 2021-2022”

October 26, 2021

Pass The Secret Sauce

Founding A Successful Digital Bank After Credit Crisis with Steve Schnall

July 23, 2021

What Makes Them Tip

The Power of Digital Banking with Quontic Bank’s Steven Schnall

June 9, 2021

How Quontic Bank Adapts To Crypto, Remote Work And Wearable Tech

April 30, 2021

Bankadelic: The Color Side Of Banking

From Struggling Bank To Successful Digital Powerhouse: The Quontic Bank Story

April 15, 2021

Quontic names Raul Oseguera COO

March 9, 2021

National Mortgage Professional

Quontic Appoints Chief Marketing Officer

February 11, 2021

Bitcoin Magazine

Banking With Bitcoin w/ Steven Schnall CEO Of Quontic Bank

February 9, 2021

Interview: Bitcoin Adoption With Quontic Bank

February 9, 2021

The Simple Dollar

Best Reverse Mortgage Lenders for 2021

February 3, 2021

Go Banking Rates

Quontic Bank Review: High APYs and No Monthly Fees Add Up to Big Savings

January 28, 2021

Biden And The Fed Embark On Fresh Multi-Trillion Dollar Bitcoin ‘Marketing Campaign’

January 15, 2021

Gemini launches crypto credit card with bitcoin awards

January 15, 2021

The Financial Brand

Why Bitcoin and Retail Banking Make a Good Combination

January 13, 2021

American Banker

Why This Tech Vet Left A Superregional To Join Quontic Bank

January 5, 2021

Quontic Is First Bank To Offer Bitcoin Rewards On Debit Card Purchases

December 29, 2020

How To Earn Bitcoin Rewards On Your Stimulus Check

December 20, 2020

US Bank Quontic Launches Bitcoin Rewards Checking Account With Debit Card

December 16, 2020

Fintech Magazine

Quontic Launches Pioneering Bitcoin Rewards Account

December 16, 2020

Bank On It Podcast

Episode 373: Steve Schnall From Quontic Bank

December 15, 2020

Fintech Focus For December 16, 2020

December 15, 2020

Quontic Bank Launches Bitcoin Rewards Checking Account

December 15, 2020

New York’s Quontic Becomes First US Bank To Offer A Bitcoin Rewards Debit Card

December 15, 2020

American Banker

Quontic Bank And NYDIG Launch Bitcoin Rewards Checking

December 15, 2020

Business Insider

Today’s Best Mortgage And Refinance Rates: Friday, December 11, 2020

December 11, 2020

Quontic Bank Hires Felix Todd As Chief Technology Officer

December 2, 2020

2020 HW Tech Trendsetter: Patrick Sells

December 2, 2020

TIME Next Advisor

This Credit Tool Lets Homeowners Use Their Equity. Here’s How It Works

November 20, 2020

Business Insider

Community Banks Are Facing An ‘Existential Threat’ As They Lose The Battle For Tech Talent. Here’s How They’re Getting Creative To Lure Developers And Engineers

November 13, 2020

A Cash-Out Refi In Retirement? With Mortgage Rates At Record Lows, It Might Make Sense

November 13, 2020

Business Insider

Today’s Best Mortgage And Refinance Rates: Monday, November 2, 2020

November 2, 2020

Fintech Magazine

Quontic Bank Appoints Casey Christopher To Unique New Role

October 22, 2020

This Is The Credit Score Lenders Use When You Apply For A Mortgage

October 7, 2020

How To Get A Mortgage During Coronavirus

October 6, 2020

Business Insider

Today’s Best Mortgage And Refinance Rates: Thursday, October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020

So You Just Closed Your First Round Of Funding. Who Do You Hire First?

September 30, 2020

The Pros And Cons Of Refinancing Your Home

September 25, 2020

Business Insider

Today’s best mortgage and refinance rates: Monday, September 21, 2020

September 21, 2020

Business Insider

Today’s best mortgage and refinance rates: Friday, September 18, 2020

September 21, 2020

Business Insider

Today’s Best Mortgage And Refinance Rates: Tuesday, September 15, 2020

September 15, 2020

Determined Digital Banking Executive Transformed his Financial Institution

August 26, 2020

How to prepare for a mortgage refinance appraisal

August 18, 2020

Business Insider

Refinancing your mortgage isn’t always the right move — here are 6 reasons to hold off, according to a loan officer

August 17, 2020

Questions to expect from mortgage lenders

August 14, 2020

The Best Money Market Accounts 2020

August 12, 2020

How to Remotely Onboard New Employees During COVID-19

July 8, 2020

CFO Moves - Tracking CFO Movement Across the USA

July 6, 2020

Biz Women - The Business Journals

Digital bank Quontic names new CFO

July 6, 2020

National Mortgage News

Mortgage employment dips, but there are signs of resilience

June 8, 2020

With SoFi, Samsung to launch new bank product this summer

June 4, 2020

What are 40-year mortgages?

May 22, 2020

New York Business Journal

People on the Move in New York

May 18, 2020

Next Mortgage News

Executive appointments at CBRE, Home Point Financial, Plaza Home & Quontic

May 15, 2020

Notable mortgage industry hires and promotions, April 27-May 8

May 11, 2020

Next Mortgage News

Impac Mortgage completes CFO transition; Quontic appoints first Chief People Officer; Colony Credit names new CEO & President; Wells Fargo appoints new member of board

May 11, 2020

People Matters Global

Quontic Bank appoints first Chief People Officer

May 4, 2020

CHRO Moves – week ending May 1, 2020

May 4, 2020

How Innovative Banks Fight Covid Through Giving

April 29, 2020

Digital-first Quontic Bank on upgrading its onboarding for enhanced customer service

April 20, 2020

Retail Banker International

Quontic Bank partners MANTL to streamline digital banking

April 16, 2020

Quontic and Mantl team on digital account opening

April 16, 2020

What Is a VA Home Loan and How Does it Work?

March 30, 2020

Fintech Inshorts

Quontic Bank Acquisition Corp: Announces $8M Investment in a Private Placement

March 12, 2020

Quontic raises $8m in private placement

March 10, 2020

The Mortgage Reports

Is it worth refinancing for 0.5 percent? Or should I wait for 1 percent or more?

March 6, 2020

‘I was right but I was early’: Quontic Bank’s path from a single bank branch to digital bank with national aspirations

February 25, 2020

Mortgage Tech Rundown: Quontic, PrimeLending, Finastra, and OptifiNow

February 25, 2020

The Truth About Mortgage

Quontic Bank Launches No Doc Streamline Mortgage Refinance

February 25, 2020

Driving Value with Machine Learning in Banking

January 21, 2020

Tech Companies Find Creative Ways to Give Back

December 10, 2019

What to Expect from the Housing Market in 2020

December 4, 2019

The Financial Brand

What This Bank’s Gutsy Digital Moves Reveal About the Future of Banking

November 25, 2019

The Balancing Act

Navigating the Home Loan Process with Quontic Bank

November 4, 2019

Survey: Many Americans are Missing Out on Free Money from Banks

October 17, 2019

The Financial Brand

Why Community Financial Institutions Make Perfect Fintech Partners

October 2, 2019

Make Way for the New CIO: The Chief Innovation Officer

September 23, 2019

Finance Magnates

While Banks Hesitate, Small Banks Seize the Crypto Scene

August 23, 2019

Chinese Buyers Pull Back From U.S. Housing Market, Hurting Home Sales

August 23, 2019

Meet the Little Bank that’s Helping Immigrants Achieve Big American Dreams

July 20, 2019

Credit Union Journal

As Digital Banking Explodes, Brick and Mortar Still ‘Vital’

July 9, 2019

Reverse Mortgage Daily

New York’s New Reverse Mortgage Law: What You Need to Know

July 9, 2019

How Can I Improve My Credit Score?

June 26, 2019

The Mortgage Report

How Trade Wars Affect the Housing Market

June 13, 2019

How to Get a Mortgage for a Rental Property

April 23, 2019

Apartment Therapy

The Most Googled Credit Score Questions, Answered by Finance Experts

April 14, 2019

Mortgage News Network

Broadcast Plaza Interviews – Exclusive Non-QM Product Announcement from Quontic Bank

April 4, 2019

Marketing Banksc

Beyond the Branch: Why the Future of Banking is Digital

March 7, 2019

Digital, Political Nomads: Meet the Chinese-American Women for Trump

March 1, 2019

They Would Rather Move & Fewer HELOCs in 2019

January 21, 2019

The Washington Post

Mortgage Rates Continue Their Upward Trend

September 20, 2018

It’s Never Too Early To Start Budgeting for the Holidays

September 16, 2018

Gwinnett Daily Post

Quontic Bank Atlanta Opens Home Mortgage Office in Duluth

August 23, 2018

Independent Banker

Revealed: Independent Banker’s Most Innovative Community Banks

August 1, 2018

NY Ranks at Bottom in Retirement Survey: How to Retire Here Anyway

July 31, 2018

How Some Young People Are Getting Mortgages Despite Loan Debt

July 23, 2018

Mortgage Bankers Association of New York Hosts 4th Annual Strategic Real Estate and Lending Summit

July 17, 2018

ABA Banking Journal

Connecting Bank Employees to Content

July 17, 2018

American Banker

BankThink ‘Doomed?’ Fintech Partnerships are Vital

July 10, 2018

Moving to the U.S.A. | Immigrant’s Guide to Buying a House

July 5, 2018

Movers & Influencers

June 25, 2018

9 Habits That Can Get You Out of a Deep Debt Hole

June 13, 2018

Seasonal Workers Need Discipline to Make Their Summer Earnings Last

May 28, 2018

Small Business Financing in New York

May 3, 2018

Miami's Community Newspaper

Quontic Bank CEO Receives Entrepreneurship Award from University of Florida

April 30, 2018

Banking Exchange

3 Bankers Share Vendor Advice

April 9, 2018

Banking Exchange

3 Banks’ Fintech Strategies

April 6, 2018

Independent Banker

5 Ways to Boost Your Customer Experience Strategy

April 2, 2018

Independent Banker

Owning the American Dream

April 2, 2018

Quontic Bank Continues Rapid Growth in Carmel

March 7, 2018

Long Island Hires and Promotions: Danial Tariq, Quontic Bank

March 1, 2018

Steven Schnall’s American Dream

March 1, 2018

New York Business Journal

People On the Move

February 27, 2018

Mortgage Rates Hit 14-Month High As Bonds Sell Off

February 9, 2018

BAI Banking Strategies

From High Yields to Security Shields, Ten Marketing Focal Points for 2018

February 9, 2018

Save on Autopilot Now for a Debt-Free Summer Vacation

February 4, 2018

Reverse Mortgage Daily

Quontic Plans to Add 25 Reverse Mortgage Jobs by March

January 21, 2018

Carmel Bank to Hire 30 People

January 19, 2018

4 Percent Interest on Savings? It Sounds Too Good to Be True

January 15, 2018

Quontic Bank: Proprietary Products are Key to Reverse Mortgage Success

January 14, 2018

Reverse Mortgage Daily

What the New Tax Law Means for Reverse Mortgage Borrowers

January 3, 2018

Independent Banker

Small-Business Smarts: Turning Entrepreneurs into Longtime Customers

January 2, 2018

Fit Small Business

Tip 25 For Choosing a Realtor From the Pros

December 11, 2017

Toronto-Based Sensibill Expands in the US with Quontic Bank Partnership

November 28, 2017

Save a Little More this Black Friday by Opening a Savings Account at this Bank in Astoria

November 24, 2017

Black Friday Deal at Quontic Bank

November 21, 2017

Crain's New York

The Queens Bank Growing with the City’s Working-Class Families

November 7, 2017

Private Sector Plays Role in Puerto Rico’s Recovery after Hurricane Maria

November 3, 2017

Independent Banker

Could the CRE Lending Surge Be Dwindling?

October 31, 2017

Refinancing Your Home in Your 50s and 60s

October 26, 2017

Reverse Mortgage Daily

Reverse Mortgage Endorsement Pattern Continues with July Drop

September 12, 2017

Business News Daily

Startup Branding: How to Build a Name and Get It Out There

September 5, 2017

5 Hot Jobs You Can Get Without a College Education

August 20, 2017

Long Island Business News

Long Island Firms Make Inc. 5000 List

August 17, 2017

Wealth Management

Aided by New Regulations, Reverse Mortgages Gain Recognition for Usefulness in Retirement Planning

August 15, 2017

4 Things to Know Before Investing in a Vacation Home

August 8, 2017

Real Estate Pros Share Picks for Books on Nigeria, Everyday Opportunities and Astrophysics On the Go

August 1, 2017

The Pros and Cons of a 15-Year Mortgage

July 25, 2017

Quontic Bank Doubles in Size, Adds Staff at Carmel Office

July 24, 2017

The Mortgage Report

No Doc Mortgage: What’s Available Now

June 15, 2017

It’s Not Avocado Toast But Stagnant Wages Dimming American Dream

June 5, 2017

New Home Sales Plummeted In April – Bad News For Homebuyers?

May 24, 2017

Building a Great Wall Around Money from China

May 1, 2017

Quontic Bank Targets Asian Investors With Opening Of Fairfax Location

April 28, 2017

Chinese Investors Forced To Take Out More Loans As Cash Buys Grow Tougher

April 27, 2017

How Much Down Payment Does it Take to Buy a House?

April 26, 2017

Astoria Biz Owner Spotlight: Steven of Quontic Bank

April 25, 2017

Mortgage Applications And Housing Starts Are Up Big-Time

April 20, 2017

The Death of the All-Cash Chinese Buyer — and What It Means for NYC Banks

March 27, 2017

Banking on Astoria’s Small Businesses

March 21, 2017

Reverse Mortgage Daily

Friday Round-Up: New Blood, Reverse Mortgages at the Kitchen Table

March 3, 2017

Long Island Flood Insurance Premiums Rise Up to 18% a Year

February 25, 2017

Buying a Home in Miami-Dade Is So Expensive, It Could Hurt the Economy

February 9, 2017

To Refinance, or Not to Refinance? That Is the Question

February 4, 2017

Should Retirees Buy a Home With a Reverse Mortgage?

January 30, 2017

This Whitestone Native and Banking Professional Knows How to Get the Job Done

December 5, 2016

Quontic Bank Plans to Double Staff at New Melville Office

October 10, 2016

Half Hallow Hills Patch

Bank Upgrades Offices to Melville

October 4, 2016

Astoria-Based Bank Ranked in Top 200 in Nation

July 30, 2016

Bank Requires Few Mortgage Documents: Seems like Housing Deja Vu

June 27, 2016

Return Of The ‘Low Doc’ Loan Is Nothing To Fear

June 8, 2016

Brick Underground

6 mortgage roadblocks – and what to do about them

July 9, 2013

The New York Times

Understanding the Home Appraisal Process

January 11, 2013