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5+ Areas Financial Institutions Must Focus on in the Current and Post-COVID-19 Era

Perficient

This year COVID-19 has been a major disrupter, immutably altering the traditional brick and mortar channel. Financial institutions must begin now to prepare a solid 2-year plan to manage this transformation; otherwise, they will lose ground to new competitors entering their footprint.

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Retail's Digital Shift, SPACs, And DoorDash's IPO Plans Top This Week's News

PYMNTS

Goldman Sachs is pondering a $2 billion venture and growth fund that could boost its stature in the world of technology investing and help it court bigger investors and investments. The $2 billion amount would make it one of the largest in the field, excepting Softbank’s Vision Fund. Goldman Sachs Eyes Creating $2B Tech Fund.

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New credit card partnerships climb, but the composition shifts

Accenture

As the competition remains fierce in general purpose bank cards, the partnership market provides an opportunity for new growth-inducing channels. Even with headlines of uncertainty in the retail sector and late economic cycle concerns, banks continue to invest in this market, albeit in different ways than they have done before.

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Inflation Looms, So What Lies Ahead For SMBs? 

PYMNTS

The Fed itself has kept rates at or near historic lows for quite some time; and for now, inflation is well below the 2 percent target that has traditionally been cited by the central bank. PYMNTS found that 71 percent use online channels, 68 percent use physical stores, 66 percent use the telephone and 59 percent use marketplaces.

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i2c, Sightline Team Up For Cashless Cross-Channel Gaming 

PYMNTS

Digital banking and payments firm i2c is partnering with next-generation commerce firm Sightline Payments to deliver cashless, mobile and omnichannel programs to over 45 gaming resorts, state lotteries, digital gaming and sports betting sites across eight states, i2c announced on Wednesday, Feb.

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Can the power of payments fuel credit growth in Europe? Yes.

Accenture

Digital credit for consumers is an underpenetrated and underestimated opportunity for banks and retailers alike. For example, merchant service providers in the retail sector often work with digital invoicing suppliers to enable a pay-later or pay-by-installment option within the e-commerce checkout.

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Deep Dive: How BNPL Could Boost The Future Of Mobile Shopping

PYMNTS

However, there is one shopping channel in which BNPL may be able to help retailers and additional providers generate much more revenue: mobile. Global retailers’ average mobile cart abandonment rate is approximately 86 percent, according to some studies. BNPL Could Solve Mobile Shopping Hardships .

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