Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2016

Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit. Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It’s here now and being used to make good banks better — whether to eliminate discrimination in lending decisions, add stability to existing screening systems or drive loan growth and profits. The rest will go toward developing partnerships with governments and regulators “to raise the bar” when it comes to modern, unbiased lending.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. ’s Faster Payments real-time payments system.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2024

Minority small business owners need ‘fair and accessible’ lending. Department of Housing and Urban Development, fair lending “guarantees the same lending opportunities to everyone” by “prohibiting lenders from considering race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status or disability when applying for loans.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices. Instant payments are gaining in international markets.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2020

How will banking and fintech business models be impacted by this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic? What is the role of innovation in response to these rapidly unfolding events? How will banks and startups work together?

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This bank created an innovation lab, and that bank is launching a fintech team. But this other bank just started a blockchain focus group, and everyone else is investing in tech. Gone are the days when banks could afford to be “conservative” with new product launches and tech projects, which Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

The FinTech Sezzle has struck up a partnership with Ally Lendin g, a digital financial services company. Our collaboration with Ally Lending enhances our customer financing offerings, making it possible for consumers to better manage their finances," said Charlie Youakim , executive chairman and CEO of Sezzle, in a press release. "Our

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

At a time when surging coronavirus counts are once again muddying the outlook for consumers and business owners, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shim Steinmetz says the crisis has also provided a silver lining of sorts to nimble FinTechs that can solve merchants’ cash crunch problems. Fast Payments Are Crucial Right Now.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

What is the state of banking innovation today? Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

It also opened the door for a boom of FinTech innovation and a flood of alternative lenders targeting the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) segment. “It comes in waves, there’s no doubt about it,” he said about the alt-lending boom. But that’s not to say that these FinTechs have a certain path ahead.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Six of the startups come from INV Fintech, this website’s sister […]. Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Exagens Corp.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

FinTechs continue to push the envelope to see how far open banking frameworks can go in improving the SMB banking experience, and increasingly, SMB lending is shifting to the center of these collaborative efforts. In the U.K., “Regulation around open banking has certainly been of great benefit to businesses in the U.K.,

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Apparently, people like it and here I’m going to expand upon the basic theme to give a detailed analysis of how FinTech wings are spreading. There’s been a lot of talk about fintech lately. In fact, saying ‘fintech’ is like saying ‘retailer.’ So, here is the FinTech Wave, Part One.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 21, 2018

PREMIUM – Every year Bank Innovation assembles a list of 44 innovators that caught our attention in digital banking and fintech. These are the people Bank Innovation believes to be this year’s movers and shakers in the industry, paving the way with forward-thinking technologies and ideas.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

B2B payments is all too often a waiting game, one that can be damaging to the survival of a small business (SMB). FinTech firms have taken a few approaches to this issue, either by working to replace paper checks with different payment rails or trying to work with checks by addressing their particular pain points.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 12, 2018

Most fintech startups don’t survive. The landscape of payments, lending, artificial intelligence might seem bustling thanks to all the industry hoopla around it, but the success rate for a startup to make it in these fields — or for that matter any of 15-plus fintech segments — is slim.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its fourth class of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 4 of INV Fintech: Bloxable: Bloxable provides decentralized solutions for lending origination and the securitization of mortgages […].

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Perficient

JANUARY 12, 2021

Smaller financial institutions will have to be more innovative and rely on third parties and as-a-service based solutions to specifically address the needs of the niche market they are servicing. Small Business Innovation. In these times of economic crises and lending restrictions, FinTech will disrupt and fill the gap.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. Oxbury, ClearBank Pair for Payments. payment schemes. Faster Payments scheme.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. According to the results, banks argue that innovation, not just regulation, is behind the wheel of progress.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). This is why ICBA partnered last fall with The Venture Center in Little Rock, Ark.,

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Bank Innovation

MAY 29, 2018

A lot happened in the digital banking world this month, from major events in the payments worlds like PayPal acquiring iZettle for $2.2 Here are some of the important trends that Bank Innovation pulled out of the fintech chatter […]. billion only days before its IPO to major regulations such as GDPR going live last week.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Borrowers must often complete hefty amounts of paperwork before they are approved, and payments disbursed via paper checks can add delays. Many lenders are relying on advanced learning technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to offer instant loan payments without compromising the review process.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 11, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – German online lender Kreditech is making its way to India, Bank Innovation has learned. For this expedition, the fintech has teamed up with SaaS banking platform Mambu for providing short-term lending products specifically tailored to local consumers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Berlin's Mambu is partnering with New Zealand digital lending platform Ranqx , which will use Mambu's API-first digital banking platform to provide digital lending experiences, loan origination, decisioning and monitoring for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a press release.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In a sign of the times in consumer lending, Auto Finance News today announced the launch of Auto Finance Innovation 2016, a new industry forum to explore the fintech revolution and how it is reshaping automotive lending and leasing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. The SBA and NCUA collaboration is a three-year agreement that aims to build upon that momentum, and heighten CUs’ share of the SMB lending market. Credit Unions In Growth Mode.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 31, 2018

It’s good news for fintechs in lending and payments that want a federal banking license, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has started accepting applications starting today. The fintech charter does not require deposit insurance from the FDIC, per a recommendation from the Treasury Department.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation today officially launches BankBoost, a new app that fosters information discovery in the fintech industry. BankBoost is an “answerbase,” which means it is an app for getting questions to your fintech questions. Users can post on any fintech topic and seek answers from the Bank Innovation community.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What is the state of banking innovation today? Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation? Each year, we poll the industry to find out.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Bank Innovation has released the agenda for its seventh annual fintech conference, and it is completely overhauled to enhance the event experience for attendees.

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Bobsguide

MAY 18, 2022

CompatibL, a leading provider of risk management solutions and professional services for the financial industry, has been named the winner of the Best Risk Management Platform Award in the sixth annual FinTech Breakthrough Awards program for its innovative CompatibL Cloud Platform. About the FinTech Breakthrough Awards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

In an effort to expand access to financial institutions (FIs), the Central Bank of Nigeria is planning to license more payment providers, Bloomberg reported on Saturday (Nov. Nigerians in underserved locations will have access to cost-effective payment services, cash-in and cash-out facilities, and savings products.”.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This year the financial services industry saw a lot of fintech M&A activity. Here are five deals, in no particular order, that Bank Innovation's editors think will most significantly impact the landscape in 2019. iZettle is […].

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