Chris Skinner

APRIL 24, 2019

Continuing … The post Doing bad for society and the planet (an Earth Day banking update) appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. And I try to avoid writing about politically motivated movements on this blog, except when they impact the banking industry. And today is one of those days.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

14 in an NYC Curb-connected cab and paid for with Mastercard , Curb will donate $1 to the American Cancer Society (up to $350,000). “We We are honored to have a long-standing partnership with American Cancer Society, an organization focused on preventing cancer and saving lives,” said Linda Kirkpatrick, executive vice president of U.S.

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Payments Dive

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Veteran payments executive Jason Bohrer says several key consumer trends are pushing us closer to a cashless society, and the financial services industry needs to consider these developments in order to bridge the gap.

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The Paypers

APRIL 25, 2024

Funding Societies , a SME digital finance platform in Southeast Asia, has declared a strategic collaboration with Singapore E-Business ( SGeBIZ ), a provider of digital procurement, payment, and sourcing solutions.

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Bobsguide

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Auriga will be attending the MoneyLIVE Building Societies conference alongside leading banks and experts from across the industry on 20th September in Birmingham (The Studio, 7 Cannon) to supercharge collaboration for building societies. The post Auriga to exhibit at MoneyLIVE Building Societies appeared first on Bobsguide.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2020

As Malaysia moves towards a cashless society, the government is offering an award payment of RM30 (about $7.37) under its e-Tunai Rakyat (people’s e-cash) program, according to reports on Friday (Jan. The government is hoping to up the number of digital payment users to 15 million people. The incentive program started Jan.

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TheGuardian

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Talks with hedge fund owners could return ethical bank to its mutual roots and create high street challenger with 5m customers Coventry Building Society is in exclusive talks to potentially buy the Co-operative Bank from its hedge fund owners, in a move that would return the ethical bank to member ownership and create a high street challenger with (..)

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TheGuardian

MARCH 15, 2021

Riskier product not available for newbuild houses or flats and follows budget offer to back part of the loans Yorkshire Building Society will become the first lender to relaunch 95% mortgages in the mainstream market, nearly a year after the pandemic spooked lenders into withdrawing low-deposit home loans.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

is still far from a cashless society, but something important is nonetheless changing in this regard -- consumer perception. Digital payments have a long way to go in the U.S., mainly because checks, particularly in the business world, are still nearly ubiquitous. And when it comes to the retail world, cash is still […].

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TheGuardian

AUGUST 17, 2022

The findings, from the banking body UK Finance, are likely to prompt concern that millions of people could be left behind as the shift to a cashless society accelerates. Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

A new report from the Internet Society finds that 59 percent of Internet users said they would not likely do business with a company that fell victim to a data hack. said Michael Kende, economist and Internet Society fellow who authored the report, in a press release.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

moves to a more cashless society, the country’s Access to Cash Review report cautioned that groups of people will be left behind in the movement. society is far from homogenous,” the Access to Cash Review report stated. As the U.K. “The challenge is that U.K. ” The review noted that while U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

4) the American Cancer Society is licensing and integrating Mitek’s Mobile Deposit and MiSnap products into its mobile fundraising app. What’s more, the technology makes the funds more quickly available to the American Cancer Society, Mitek said. In 2015, consumers donated $373.25

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Payments Dive

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Mobile Payments Today Editor Will Hernandez examines Tim Cook's recent comment about a cashless society and mobile payments.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Funding Societies , a digital financing platform for SMEs in Southeast Asia, has raised $144M in an extended Series C round that drew participation from K3 Ventures, Rapyd Ventures, SoftBank Group, and VNG, among others. Funding Societies provides online loans that range anywhere from $500 to $1.5M. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING?

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 9, 2017

After all, a 1000 start-ups focused on one thing each … The post Digital banks are Copernicus banks (incumbents are with the Flat Earth society) appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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The Paypers

AUGUST 15, 2023

Funding Societies , a unified SME digital finance platform, has partnered with CGC Digital to provide digital supply chain finance to MSMEs in Malaysia.

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The Paypers

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Singapore-based fintech SME lender Funding Societies has raised USD 7.5 million in debt from Norfund to bring financial inclusion to SMEs in Southeast Asia.

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Chris Skinner

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Some say that this just illustrates how … The post India’s idea about a cashless society is not the reality appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Of course, today, they would have developed the scheme on a mobile wallet with a distributed ledger but hey, you can’t win them all.

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TheGuardian

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Chair of parliamentary mutuals group questions commitment of Alison Hutchinson to the sector The vice-chair of Yorkshire Building Society is facing a call to resign over her role pushing through the sale of the fellow member-owned firm LV= to a US private equity buyer , amid concerns that it could kickstart a wave of demutualisation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Global concern over the coronavirus spreading on contaminated surfaces in public places is unleashing rapid development of innovative biometric products that could assist a touchless society.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

After being implicated in one of the largest money laundering scandals ever, Estonia is struggling to realize its dream of becoming a digital society, according to Reuters.

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ATM Marketplace

MARCH 12, 2020

Date: 3/31 | Time: 2PM EST | Duration: 1 hour | Let’s face it, the cashless society is a long way off, but the “less-cash” society is here now. Register Now!

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The Paypers

MAY 4, 2023

Loughborough Building Society has selected Finastra ’s Essence, deployed on Microsoft Azure cloud to increase its operational efficiency and future-proof its offering.

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Payments Dive

DECEMBER 29, 2016

All the signs seem to point to Sweden becoming an entirely cash-free country. However, the phasing out of a payment method that has been in use for centuries will not be simple, and it's possible that the country will never become truly cashless.

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The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Singapore-based digital finance platform Funding Societies has secured USD 27 million in debt funding to bridge the credit gap for SMEs in SouthEast Asia.

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The Paypers

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Fintech Society Pass (SoPa) has partnered with Stripe to integrate its payments platform and power transaction settlement services for merchants and consumers.

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TheGuardian

JUNE 29, 2022

For what to many is innocent and inevitable progress, the millions of people in the UK who still rely on cash to live their lives are starting to find themselves excluded from parts of society, with many businesses and even organisations such as community sports centres only accepting card payments.

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The Paypers

JULY 5, 2023

Melton Building Society has chosen Finastra Essence, deployed on Miscrosoft Azure cloud, to digitally transform its operations and quickly implement new services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

According to a LinkedIn study , more than a third of millennials are already envisioning a cashless society, which includes no physical currency used in any transactions. Clearly, the cashless society is clearly somewhere on the horizon. And according to another study, nearly 20 percent of millennials have not used cash in two months.

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Payments Dive

JULY 28, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the use of digital payments and moved the debate over a cashless society to a near-term consideration.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Federal prosecutors believe that the woman allegedly responsible for the Capital One hacking is a danger to society who needs to stay in prison while awaiting trial. Thompson’s lawyers, however, asked a judge to cancel a bail hearing set for later this week and immediately release her to a halfway house, with GPS monitoring.

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Payments Dive

AUGUST 25, 2020

He shares his thoughts on how COVID-19 has impacted cashless society and why it shouldn't leave behind the unbanked. Cash and digital payments shouldn't be mutually exclusive, according to Steve Villegas, VP of Payment Partnerships, North America at PPRO.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In a post-COVID world we have seen dramatic changes in the way customers pay, from the further shift towards a cashless society to a digital revolution in e-commerce payments. As we look forward, we see these trends accelerating and new payments rails emerging.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 12, 2020

It should also focus upon doing good for society and the planet. I’ve been writing a lot about purpose-driven banking, a theme that resonates around the idea that business focus should be more than just making money. appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2017

The cashless payments movement has a calendar attached to it, at least in China. Cashless Week in China is little more than a week away — running Aug. 1 through Aug. 8 — as Ant Financial Services Group announced earlier this year.

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