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DATA: How FI’s Innovation Gap Is Big Tech’s Big Opportunity

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As far as we can tell, the origin of the quote is from a 2012 Fortune article, with the author writing: “ A favorite Bezos aphorism is “Your margin is my opportunity.” . And while there are plenty of headwinds in pursuing those innovative opportunities – many so-called incumbent FIs may be running out of the proverbial runway.

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Payworks Raises $14.5M To Grow POS Technology

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Founded in 2012, Payworks offers a variety of omnichannel payment providers a next-generation payment gateway technology, operated in the cloud and provided in a Software-as-a-Service model. We believe that Payworks has both: a great team and an offering that can have real impact in the fast-changing world of card payments.”.

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Why Bunq Banks On The Cloud For An Innovative Edge

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The challenger bank has run on a cloud banking model since its 2012 launch and is available for business and consumer use in 30 European markets, including Austria, Germany and the Netherlands. It is not the technology itself that is important, however, but the strategy behind it. ML, the Cloud and Competition.

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Turkey to be cashless by 2023

Chris Skinner

In this growing and dynamic market, payments have been one of the major drivers of growth and innovation. Fifteen years ago, only 9 per cent of total household consumption was through cards. Today, Turkey is the largest market in terms of total number of cards and point-of-sales (POS) machines[1].

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Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention

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However, most people assumed that was survivable, and that the new millennia — powered by the emerging, mysterious technology known as “the internet” — was going to be a great place to live. We have the end-to-end guide — and the lessons learned during the ride by the innovators who had a first-row vantage points.

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The way we bank is radically changing too

Chris Skinner

Here are the key highlights: Over the past five years customers’ activity on banking apps rocketed by 354%, with apps now an increasingly popular way to access current accounts rising from 21% of access in 2012 to 61% by the start of 2017. Nearly two-thirds of cards are now contactless. There were 4.4

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Thinking Differently On Digital Payments And Data

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Meanwhile, it’s becoming clear that when it comes to banks trying to gain an edge in this increasingly mobile and digital world, technology doesn’t always function as a silver bullet. And a new interview shows that speed in payments is not as important as one might assume, which has wider implications for innovation.

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