Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

A summary of the main blogs of the week … The FinTech Wave, Part One (part two next week) I wrote a blog the other day for The Next Web. The film is about Theodore, played by Joaquin Phoenix. I thought it was ok, and it has gained a lot of traction socially. Of course, the next generation is the internet of things. But … web 1.0,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Real-time and other emerging payments systems are getting increased attention, as nearly half of corporates are using or interested in using new payment services, according to Bottomline Technologies’ research. Among these new services, the top focus is real-time payments (55 percent), followed by same-day ACH (44 percent).

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 25, 2020

There are some technology and training issues to overcome, but the industry is going to make it work. My neighbor in Phoenix is closing on a house this week and will do so with the only physical meeting in the entire process – offer, loan, title, etc. Why go back if it does? Digital Lending. He is 72 and fine with that.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

How millennials will accelerate innovation and technology change. You recognize one of today’s most prominent technology dilemmas for community banks: It’s the great mobile divide. It’s where older, profitable customers have been slower to adopt new banking technologies that not-yet-profitable millennials pick up quickly and easily.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

A decade ago, many financial institutions were bringing as much technology as possible in-house as a way of controlling their destinies and customizing their core platforms and data warehouses. In the cloud” is common technology vendor-speak for ASP, service bureau, outsourcing, pay-per-click, and a variety of other delivery models.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 11, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In recent years, technology and digital strategy have become integral parts of the bank shareholder value discussion, yet for the 90 or so banks in the $10 billion to $50 billion asset size range, core providers remain ill-equipped to assist regional banks in enabling the execution of their technology strategies.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 2, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Antebi noted in an interview with TechCrunch that the large seed round is justified by the complexity of the technology the firm is developing. We’ve been seeing this same bifurcation, but it stood on its head in the latest week, with B2B carrying the weight of the deal flow, and FinTech relatively lighter.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 28, 2015

But if there’s one in the fintech sector, the dozens of investors in these 23 companies didn’t get the memo. In the last full non-holiday week of the year, $685 million poured into fintech companies worldwide. Fengjr.com (aka Phoenix Finance). FinTech Group. Diversified financial technology provider.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 22, 2016

Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. Here are the fintech deals by size from 12 March to 18 March 2016: Future Finance. Ghaio Fintech. HQ: Phoenix, Arizona. Tax preparation technology. P2BInvestor added $5 million in debt for its SMB crowdfunding platform.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. A finance pro who was not afraid of technology, Trylko brought respect and class to every endeavor he undertook. GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes. Change Agent of the Year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

Finastra , the FinTech company, announced Monday (June 18) that it has acquired Malauzai , a provider of mobile and internet banking solutions for community financial institutions (FIs). With that, Malauzai’s digital solution was integrated into Finastra’s Fusion Phoenix core banking system.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. The Smarter Bank Technology Award.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2017

The vendor development and enhancement road map is the biggest lie in our industry, and thus banker trust of vendors has reached rock bottom at a time when technology ambitions have never been more important. D+H (and before, Harland) promised integrated loan and core systems and specialized credit union functionality in the Phoenix EFE core.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2017

The vendor development and enhancement road map is the biggest lie in our industry, and thus banker trust of vendors has reached rock bottom at a time when technology ambitions have never been more important. But technology vendors, which cash the biggest individual checks banks write, get a walk. It’s not going to materialize.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 20, 2016

This week, 35 fintech companies worldwide raised $469 million the second week of June. Fintech deals by size from 11 June to 17 June, 2016: Fenqile. Shanghai Suntime Information Technology. Fintech company builder. ClearTax (ClearSharp Technology). HQ: Phoenix, Arizona. Total dollars raised YTD is now $16.8

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

There are a number of great events in FinTech but this one I do my best to attend each year. Again another financial wellness platform using machine learning technology. A TON of really old technology is being used in mortgage lending. In fact, Fiserv recently sold ALL of their mortgage technology to a PE firm.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 21, 2015

During a Fintech Forward panel, Zenbanx CEO Arkadi Kuhlmann talked about how to lend money to data because we don’t see the people anymore. Yet, another panelist cautioned on the irrational exuberance for fintech companies that are front-ends and brokers but don’t make any money. The Breakouts: A Few Nuggets Here and There….

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

It’s nice to see somebody passionate about using new payments technology to make banking easier and cheaper for the financially disadvantaged. Let’s see if better technology and delivery tools get the idea farther down the road this time. Beyond that, Dave also avoids the common pitfalls of his technology presenter competition.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. Sadly, the silence was deafening.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

The largest share of the unicorn companies are internet software & services companies (15%), followed by e-commerce (14%) and fintech (12%). China’s Lu.com ($18.5B) is the most valuable private fintech company. Out of those companies, the most represented category was fintech (8 companies). 9f Group. $1. About You.

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