FICO

JANUARY 3, 2017

Will Fintech Risk Models Have “Unintended Consequences”? – Mobile Payments: CakePay Is Eating the World – TJ Horan explores new mobile payment options from several retailers to see if they are as sweet as they sound. We’re Going to Science the $#!& Panic at the Checkout: Will EMV Friction Boost Mobile Payments?

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NCR

JANUARY 20, 2017

The growth of the fintech market means there is a regular supply of new, innovative businesses looking to do things differently and give consumers an alternative to established providers. ’ For banks, this has never been more important. Look at the new generation of challenger banks in the UK, for example.

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NCR

JANUARY 18, 2017

In Australia, meanwhile, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics tabled its first report on retail banking as part of an ongoing review of the sector. Challenger banks and fintechs are stimulating competition and giving established institutions more opportunities for collaboration.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 4, 2017

Another day, another dollar—only this is fintech, so it would be more accurate to say another day, another multi-million investment in blockchain, virtual currency, mobile banking, e-commerce, and/or all of the other technologies on the playground. So far, 2017 fintech funding hasn’t veered far from the areas of interest in Read More.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2017

The goal of seamless m-commerce between apps is stuck on several factors, but one key hurdle is payments. Startup Button is looking at ways to fix this problem. With $20 million in new funding from Northwest Venture Partners, New York-based Button — which connects the mobile apps of commerce brands such as Read More.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2017

Don’t miss your chance to secure your spot at Bank Innovation 2017 for the lowest available rate, and join attendees from companies already registered, such as: BBVA Braintree Capital One JPMorgan Chase Mastercard Rabobank Concentrix Silicon Valley Bank TD Bank U.S. Bank Visa R3 Unisys SimplyCredit GoldBean Wells Fargo & Read More.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2017

1 spot for investments in fintech on a global scale. Here there be dragons, and they’ve started to rule over unicorns—well, in matters of funding, anyway. According to a new report released by Citigroup on digital disruption, the second of its kind, China has now overtaken the U.S. to claim the No. Read More.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2017

Fintech got a fresh flush of capital this week, with some old favorites joining newer names all with innovations in big data, e-commerce software, compliance, and many more. Here are the Top 4 fintech funding rounds of the week: MissFresh e-commerce Beijing-based MissFresh e-commerce ‘s equity rose sharply with its Read More.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 26, 2017

Model Office by Engage Insight is a first of its kind fintech and regtech platform that benchmarks financial service firms’ professional practice against five years of research and industry regulations. A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. Presenters.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

KW: Do you think that there’s a need to have more mobile money use cases beyond retail payments to get consumers in these emerging markets comfortable with transacting — therefore, interacting with merchants in-store in almost the same way they transact online? It’s a challenge, but we have to do that.

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Marketing Regional Mobile Regulation 115

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 20, 2017

The trend peaked in 2012, when it seemed every other fintech company added some type of card-linked offers. At FinovateSpring 2012, the Nashville-based company (pictured right) launched its GeoCommerce feature that enabled retailers to push offers to users’ phones based on their geolocation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

This past week, the tally stood at $349 million, with FinTech at almost $238 million of that. That capital announcement comes despite fears over what Brexit might mean for the FinTech sector across the pond in general, and the peer-to-peer lending sector continues to grow — by some estimates, at about 50 percent annually.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 8, 2017

based retailer offering its shoppers financial services via Tandem. FI/fintech partnerships and investments such as the above notwithstanding, the U.S. At the same time, the OCC is doing what it can to make it easier for fintech companies to become a part of the regulated federal financial system.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2017

First Data also said the new unit is collaborating with KWI, the real-time cloud technology company for specialty retailers. Additionally, First Data announced it is rolling out enhancements to its Clover point-of-sale platform that will enable developers to build their own branded solutions for merchants within the platform.

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NCR

JANUARY 17, 2017

In a speech at the French Payments Committee conference in Paris this month, Yves Mersch, member of the executive board of the European Central Bank, said 2017 will be “a decisive year for innovative retail payment services” He referred specifically to person-to-person (P2P) mobile payments.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 23, 2017

As my colleague Dan Latimore wrote in the article that began this series , 2017 was the best ever year so far for Celent Model Bank programme in terms of quantity, quality and diversity of nominations.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2017

Looking for a fintech to build a chatbot for your bank? And while the initial deployment will be limited to responding to investor queries about equity funds, success here will lead to other uses of the chatbot, such as retail deposit accounts and billpay, as well as rolling out the technology in other areas.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JANUARY 16, 2017

India’s experiment with demonetisation has accelerated the evolution of the retail payments environment not only for Uber but also for those marginalised people in the less-regulated parts of the Indian economy. From Cash hits the excluded | Consult Hyperion. Then I took the first three cakes, and shared them with me. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 29, 2017

What’s new: Recognized by PYMNTS.com as representing fintech innovation in Israel. Listed by The Next Web as 1 of 6 fintech startups to help you make the most of your money. equities for mass retail investors. Cited as a top B2B wealth tech player. DriveWealth. Demo video.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and her take on all things payments, commerce and retail. It’s as if the retail world is really coming down to Walmart versus Amazon. makes it the largest retailer in the world in terms of revenue and number of employees. Walmart Vs. Amazon.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 26, 2017

The timing is also interesting, as only two weeks ago outgoing President Obama’s National Economic Council (NEC) released a new whitepaper called A Framework for FinTech. The NEC, a policy advisory unit of the White House established in 1993, proposed 10 high-level principles designed to move the US fintech industry forward.

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