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Where In the World Is Fintech Innovation?

Bank Innovation

It turns out nations beyond America today are increasingly generating more significant financial technology innovation, especially in artificial intelligence. Canada is an example. Location matters. Even in fintech.

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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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How Cannabis Can Become A B2B Payments Innovation Influencer

PYMNTS

Speaking with PYMNTS, Muller highlighted the opportunity that the cannabis space has to adopt payments and other financial technologies that have leapfrogged over legacy solutions. As it turns out, other industries can benefit from technology that addresses those same pain points.

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Uncovering The Value Proposition In FinTech Innovation

PYMNTS

Just because businesses are interested and willing to adopt payments innovations doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. Other key players in the adoption curve include government entities and financial institutions, says Bottomline Technologies Managing Director of Digital Banking Norm DeLuca.

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Cambodia, Singapore In X-Border FinTech Pact

PYMNTS

Among the most recent headlines, in Asia this past week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), that Business Times said will boost partnerships on FinTech and financial services innovation.

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Intuit Buys Credit Karma For $7.1B

PYMNTS

Consolidation of this kind has been sweeping the financial technology sector as of late, with Intuit’s deal just the latest example. The deal lays bare the growing need for financial services groups to accumulate data. The company is now worth more than $74 billion.

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How can a bank guarantee its future?

Chris Skinner

Banking and innovation doesn’t go together. Innovation creates risk and risk is unacceptable in a financial marketplace. So it’s interesting how we’ve spent the last five years talking about sandboxes, creativity and design in financial technologies. The idea is to innovate outside the markets.