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Onyx Private, the YC-backed digital bank, announces the closure of customer accounts.

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Miami-based Onyx Private, a Y Combinator-backed digital bank that provided banking and investment services for high-earning Millennials and Gen Zers, is terminating its bank operations. Y Combinator has listed the company as “inactive” on its on its website, something Santos could not explain. Santos claimed that Onyx had been exploring the idea over the past year and had made developments with some partners. Santos today declined to disclose how many banking customers Onyx had. Although a source told TechCrunch that regulatory issues may have played a part in this decision, Santos dismissed that, telling us that no regulatory issues caused the startup to shut down its direct-to-consumer banking operations.

FTC Aims to Bolster COPPA, Eliminating Tech’s Ability to Monitor Children

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The FTC has proposed tightening up the rules protecting kids from the surveillance economy. The updated rules would require companies to get the OK from parents before sharing data with advertisers and prohibit holding onto data for nebulous “internal operations,” among other things. “After the FTC announced it was considering revisions to the COPPA Rule, we received more than 175,000 comments,” the agency noted in a news release. Better justification for “nudges,” like push notifications to get kids to open an app or stay online. The FTC rules will have to stand for a while to come.