Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Following on from the discussions about identity on Monday, it gets interesting to think about the customers’ data and who owns it, especially in light of the Payment Services Directive 2, PSD2 for short, which comes into force at the start of next year. The regulation forces banks to open … The post Who owns the customers’ data? appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
EXCLUSIVE – The Brink’s Company and expense management provider Bento for Business introduced a new Travel & Expense Debit Card at Finovate in New York. The partnership is a major win for Bento, who launched only two years ago with a prepaid card for SMBs. “The Brink’s T+E card is different from our core product […].
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Payments Dive
SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
B2B businesses are typically older, running on what they know and what’s come before them. As a result, the $6.7 trillion B2B e-commerce opportunity remains largely untapped – and payments represent an important part of that untouched territory.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
After something of a slow start, mobile eCommerce is set to make up half of all online sales by the year 2020 — worth nearly $250 billion annually. That forecast comes care of “A Mobile Mindset,” the second volume in the five-part series, “The 2017 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper.” The UPS-backed report is derived from the input of over 5,189 comScore panelists who made at least two online purchases in a typical three-month period.
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Now is the time for lenders to prioritize their digital transformation initiatives in preparation for the lending rebound. Rising competition and ever-increasing customer demands for speed and efficiency are forcing financial institutions to embrace digital transformation. This shift can feel overwhelming—where do you begin? This infographic illustrates automation demands and shows you how loan document automation serves as an essential step to increase profits and provide the best lending exper
Bobsguide
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
50 years ago, a new technology swept across banking, transforming the way that consumers interacted with their financial institutions and their money. The launch of the first ATM (or cash machine), in London by Barclays, heralded a new, consumer driven focus for retail banks, with customers deciding.
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Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
I don’t usually tell people that I’m a qualified expert in insurance as it’s not relevant, but I’m mentioning it today as I just presented at a private insurance event. There are lots of interesting nuances in insurance. You and I probably think it’s just that once a year renewal … The post InsurTech’s big ticket items: machine learning on the blockchain appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
EXCLUSIVE- Q2 Holdings and Chime are taking advantage of how users typically pay services like Amazon or Netflix to help drive more interchange revenue to financial institutions. For consumers, paying digital subscription services like Netflix typically involves a degree of laziness. Most customers set up payment for these services once, and never look again unless […].
Payments Dive
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
There's no denying the discussions happening today about chatbots. They include chatter about artificial intelligence, conversational commerce and voice assistants such as Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
The favored narrative about banks and FinTech startups is generally not a love story. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story. Banks represent the old way of handling financial services – and in fairness, they carry a lot of responsibilities that deposit-taking institutions don’t necessarily have. Of course, banks have to be run with safety and soundness to protect those deposits, but they also have myriad public mandates, like fair lending, anti-money laundering and customer privacy.
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In this report, you’ll find a comprehensive analysis of survey responses from executives at banks, credit unions, and insurance companies concerning their organization’s current and future use of automation. The report’s key insights include: Which types of automation are saving organizations the most time and money How to overcome the biggest barriers to automation implementation and adoption Why automation investments will continue to grow over the next few years How much you could save in 202
Bobsguide
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
In the early 1990's, the increasing popularity of automated teller machines (ATM's) revolutionised banking, lowering the number of tellers required for each branch and allowing thousands of new branches to be opened as a result. Now, the banking industry is on the cusp of another.
Gonzobanker
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Finovate kicked off on 9/11 in New York City, a great message to the world about how The Big Apple operates 16 years later: living freely, building, dreaming, and getting stuff done. The event, well known and copied for its 7-minute, speed demo, shark tank format, didn’t disappoint this round. Time has always been the great equalizer, and it worked here for both system demos and industry analyst rants.
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
I was chairing a conference on blockchain and distributed ledgers the other day. The audience were a mixture of start-ups and banks, and the speakers were talking about how they viewed the world of distributed ledger developments. Many of the banks had successfully complete proofs of concept projects and were … The post Bankers see faster horses; technologists imagine cars appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Fintechs are partnering with banks, banks are using blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency and financial regulation is still undergoing massive changes. Challengers to traditional banking, payment, and loan products have all launched this year, and FIs are fighting fraud, hacks, and scams with an increasing number of biometric security measures. 2017 has been a […].
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Payments Dive
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
Because remittance payments are often driven by an emotional or personal motivation, they cannot be treated in the same way as a normal transaction.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
Although many people equate blockchain technology with the banking and computer worlds, the technology is changing the food landscape as well. Companies like Walmart, Kroger and Nestle recently joined a partnership effort involving blockchain, signaling that the Internet of Things is making its way into Americans’ kitchens. But what hasn’t been so deeply explored is how that technology can help food producers and retail firms collaborate more deeply, helping both succeed and strengthening the in
Bobsguide
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
A study of Google Trends will show you a huge spike in the mentions of ‘InsurTech’ since February 2016, and that’s because people and investors are beginning to take note of how state-of-the-art AI can enhance the insurance sphere and disrupt specific elements of the insurance.
Cisco
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Cisco has moved up to #3 in the 2017 IDC FinTech Rankings Enterprise Top 25. Cisco has remained amongst the most committed to helping Financial Services institutions digitally transform resulting in upward movement in rankings this year.
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As we step into 2024, the lending landscape evolves rapidly with technology, regulations, and market dynamics driving change. For banks and financial institutions to stay competitive and meet the evolving needs of their customers, these drivers must be understood and engaged with. Lenders can anticipate significant transformation fueled by technological advancements, regulatory shifts, and changing consumer behaviors.
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Before 2010, I was writing a lot about technology but it was all heavily geared towards regulations. It was pretty dull, to be honest, but worthy. MiFID and PSD were top of mind, along with Basel III and other global, European and domestic regulations. I wrote a lot about regulations. … The post Slow regulations versus fast tech appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
EXCLUSIVE – Traditional banks cannot afford to ignore fintechs. What started out as a nascent subsect of the broader financial space is now at the forefront of how people bank. The impact of fintechs on how people bank has not gone unnoticed by The Royal Bank of Scotland, who over the past 18 months under […].
Payments Source
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Same-day and real-time payment products are designed for basic transfers that don't meet the more complex needs of Lyft's ride-sharing service, contends Ashwin Raj, Lyft's vice president of payments.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
The research is clear: Just because a business is small does not mean it survives undetected from a cyberattack. In fact, some SMBs may actually be a bigger target for cybercrime. For example, small U.S. manufacturers working with overseas business partners operate with a heightened risk for cybercrime, according to research from Bank of the West. In some cases, it’s a small businesses’ global expansion that heightens their risk.
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The buzz around generative AI shows no sign of abating in the foreseeable future. Enterprise interest in the technology is high, and the market is expected to gain momentum as organizations move from prototypes to actual project deployments. Ultimately, the market will demand an extensive ecosystem, and tools will need to streamline data and model utilization and management across multiple environments.
Bobsguide
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
Gurjeet Singh, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Ayasdi, spoke to bobsguide about the challenges of compliance with anti-money laundering, the characteristics of AI, and how AI is vastly improving false positive rates on suspicious security reports. How did you find your way to Ayasdi? I.
Let's Talk Payments
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
Debt collection is definitely not the sexiest segment in the financial services industry. To be honest, the experience just straight-forward sucks for everyone involved in this horrendous process – lenders.
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
I’ve written a lot about legacy and the challenge of old systems, so it’s interesting to read a few press reports on said subjects. Yolanda Bobeldijk writes in the Financial News that 92 of the world’s top 100 banks still rely on IBM mainframes. Now that’s not an issue if … The post Which banks are leading digital (and who are the laggards)? appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
China has reportedly banned all bitcoin executives from leaving its borders as part of the country’s crackdown on its cryptocurrency industry. Though these reports named bitcoin executives in particular, some see the move as the onset of a larger “war” between governments everywhere and all cryptocurrencies. This is the latest in a series of new […].
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