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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

PYMNTS

Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citi, to name a few, all scaled back their physical bank branch locations between 2012 and 2016, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Results also noted this generation is less likely to open a bank account if physical bank locations are not available in their communities.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

PYMNTS

There were plenty of tailwinds that pushed the segment forward: A strong economy, healthy consumer interest in credit and advances in credit scoring technology were all instrumental in pushing more consumers into the market, particularly in the first half of the year. percent since 2012. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S.

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Fintech'ers Will Be Right on Branching. Unless Bankers Act.

Jeff For Banks

In Brett King's 2012 book, Branch Today, Gone Tomorrow , he called for a 50% reduction in branches while asking what would banking look like in 2015. Between 2012 and 2015, there was a 4% branch reduction. I also believe that branches can be developed as competitive advantages for community financial institutions. Common sense.

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Q2 Acquires Social Money in $10 Million Deal

Fintech Labs Insights

Founded in 2007 and headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, Social Money is geared toward millennials and Gen Y consumers – a point underscored by Flake. ” Pictured: Social Money CEO Scott McCormack demonstrating GoalSaver at FinovateSpring 2012. .” The Social Money acquisition is the second for Q2 in 2015.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

It’s nice to see somebody passionate about using new payments technology to make banking easier and cheaper for the financially disadvantaged. To those community bankers claiming their growing Compliance departments say no to everything. Let’s see if better technology and delivery tools get the idea farther down the road this time.

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Squaring The Circle That Is Square

PYMNTS

Such was the opinion of Slate in September of 2012 — and while today it may seem a bit overzealous, as Karen Webster pointed out at the time, it was clear that Square’s ambition was to move well beyond dongle and card acceptance for teeny tiny merchants. Once they get hooked on it, they won’t want to stop.”. loss last year.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

At the same time, financial upstarts have built technologies that could eventually cut into the relationship-driven work that investment banks are used to doing. But there’s no question that the way these institutions function has shifted, pushed along especially by the financial crisis and technology trends. Table of contents.