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OCC’s New Office of Financial Technology Portends Increased Supervisory Activity

CFPB Monitor

The OCC’s announcement that it will establish an Office of Financial Technology to “bolster the agency’s expertise and ability to adapt to a rapidly changing banking landscape” should come as no surprise to those who have been following recent pronouncements of Acting Comptroller Michael J.

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FinovateFall 2018 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

This is a digital bank based in Russia and today they are demoing their mobile banking offering. The mobile app contains targeted offers, lifestyle guidance, financial education, and information on functions and services. Stop by the front row on a break and say “Hello” if you are here and would like to meet.

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Ant Financial’s Strategy for AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity and more

Chris Skinner

I’ve been flying around a bit and was lucky enough to find myself onstage the other day, chairing the Ant Financial Technology Forum at Money20/20 Singapore.

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The legacy clock is ticking

Chris Skinner

Here’s what they published: ‘The clock is ticking for Pakistan’s legacy banks,’ Chris Skinner, global fintech expert An independent commentator on financial markets and fintech through his blog, the Finanser.com, Chris Skinner is one of the biggest names in fintech today. Below are edited transcripts of the transcription.

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An interview with Tom Blomfield, co-founder of Monzo

Chris Skinner

After studying law at Oxford, he went back to business and is now Co-Founder and CEO of digital bank Monzo. And it gave me this grounding in how money works, how FinTech, financial technology works, and sort of, how money moves around the world…I worked for a dating website for a year, after I left GoCardless, which was amazing fun.

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. Andrew Barnett – Principal Digital Banking and Payments Consultant and Elizabeth Santorelly. After they bought CheckFree a lot of Fiserv folks have been based in Georgia. If you missed any presentations, catch up on our blog from Day 1 here.

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Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks

Chris Skinner

They are very different to banks and are collectively known as FinTech, financial technology start-up companies. These companies have names like Zopa, Smartypig, Nutmeg, etoro and have fun branding and cool offices. They all share many of the same attributes, in terms of being young, aspirational, visionary and capable.

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