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FinTech Cloud Technology Fuels Banking Innovation

PYMNTS

As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. Alacriti, a FinTech that was started in 2003, works with banks and other customers on making the migration to digital payments.

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Real Innovation Solves Today’s Problems, Not Tomorrow’s

PYMNTS

Innovation happens when you least expect it. Those we call “innovators” are simply the ones who endeavor to solve the problems in front of them by any means necessary. Only later do others look at them and call them “innovators.” PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? The conversation is excerpted below.

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Financial Services: The Next Generation … where is it?

Chris Skinner

I’ve blogged about how I see leadership in the developing (developed now) economies of China and India, and the new innovation models of emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not quite in the way in which I see them now. The more I think about it, we have three major FinTech models, each with their own unique blend of thinking.

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Alacriti, Clearing House Team To Push Real-Time Payments Adoption

PYMNTS

Founded in 2003, Alacriti , which works with banks and other clients on making the transition to digital payments, said on Tuesday (Oct. The venture combines Alacriti’s cloud-based platform – which is designed to spur payments innovation – with the Real-Time Payments network, or RTP , developed by The Clearing House.

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Mastercard Selects New President For European Operations

PYMNTS

Barnett said in a statement on Monday (May 4) that Mastercard in Europe is a unique locale in that it is “the only true multi-rail payments technology company in Europe,” which puts it in a solid position to offer “simple and secure ways to pay and get paid.”. Mark brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below). Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago. I will update with milestones from 2014 to today and publish next month. I’m taking suggestions here (so far: crypto, BNPL, earned-wage access, chatbots, deposit networks).

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Why Technology Is Actually Helping Cash Thrive

PYMNTS

relies more on cash than on any other form of payment, according to the analysis, with cash usage remaining relatively steady since 2003, ranging between 14.3 Our partners, and 7-Eleven in particular, have always been very forward-thinking and innovative when it comes to this sort of payment technology market,” Kaplan said.