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Fidor Bank Closing In on U.S. Launch

Bank Innovation

Fidor Bank is closer to its U.S. launch, but is still missing a critical piece to complete its services: a bank charter. Fidor began in Munich in 2007, and gained traction as a digital bank during and after the financial crisis. It has routinely been hailed as one of the most Read More.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago.

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Avidia Bank On The Digital Approach To Meeting Customers', Businesses' Needs

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FIs around the world have accelerated the deployment of digital banking programs to cope with social distancing orders, and bank branches that remained open took steps like offering appointment-only visits to reduce transmission risks. . Online innovations . billion in assets.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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An interview with Tom Blomfield, co-founder of Monzo

Chris Skinner

After studying law at Oxford, he went back to business and is now Co-Founder and CEO of digital bank Monzo. At university I started a company that went onto Y Combinator in 2007, but I had to leave at that time. 11:FS CEO David Brear talks to him about why ‘Monzonauts’ are so crazy devoted to the brand. [You

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An Inside Look At Chase’s Mobile Banking Approach

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After the June 2007 announcement of Apple’s first-ever iPhone and the ensuing buzz around iOS apps, financial institutions (FIs) began developing offerings to ease digital banking. Twelve years later, however, mobile banking has become ubiquitous across much of the global financial ecosystem.

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Chase Tries To Win Over More Unbanked Consumers

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recently fell to the lowest rate since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but a new product launch from JPMorgan Chase & Co. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the percentage of unbanked Americans fell to its lowest level since the 2007-2009 financial crisis. The percentage of unbanked people in the U.S.

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