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FinTechs Link With FIs Down Under And Beyond

PYMNTS

Increasingly, digital strategy is in the purview of banks and non-bank lenders, who in turn are seeking pairings with FinTechs. The insurance FinTech, said the site, will seek to offer insurance contracts that are binding in real time, whereas traditionally insurance companies have finished the process. The FinTech is Finserve Africa.

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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’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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An interview with Tom Blomfield, co-founder of Monzo

Chris Skinner

At university I started a company that went onto Y Combinator in 2007, but I had to leave at that time. And then, GoCardless in 2011, we founded it, myself and my two co-founders, Matt and Hiroki, and I was there for almost three years, and that was my first experience with FinTech. I think the word FinTech wasn’t yet around.

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Wealth Managers Beware: Emerging Fintechs Are Coming For Retirement Planning Next

CB Insights

The wealth management industry is under siege by a new crop of “robo-retirement” fintech startups disrupting retirement savings. Though 401(k)s only account for $5.28T of assets (nearly 20% of total retirement savings in 2017), they have grown dramatically, up from 2% of total retirement savings in 2007. First Name.

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Nigeria’s Paga Buys Software Firm Apposit For Global Expansion

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He started working in FinTech after attending Brown University. “I I put together a team … to build … public financial management systems for the country. According to the article, “The two teamed up with Simon Solomon in 2007 to co-found Apposit, with a focus on building large-scale enterprise software for Africa.”.

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10 Banking Channel Metrics That Have Dramatically Changed in 10 Years

Gonzobanker

The introduction of smartphones kick-started the mobile banking revolution, the financial crisis brought on a world of regulatory pain, and the emergence of fintech startups threatens to disrupt, displace and, well, “diss” banks altogether. Worse, a little more than a third think their contact centers are falling behind.

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Issufy Scoops HSBC’s John Crompton For Chairman

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John Crompton, HSBC ’s former global head of corporate finance, has been named chairman of the advisory board at FinTech Issufy , which sells an electronic data management tool so banks can collect investor feedback online, as well as handle tasks such as the allocation of shares.

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