Avant Seeks National Bank Charter to Serve Customers Directly

FinTech company Avant filed an application to establish an insured national bank called Avant Bank, N.A., the company said in a Friday (Sept. Avant filed the application for a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Avant uses data and machine learning to deliver access to credit cards, personal loans, a personal financial management tool, and other financial products and servi