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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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Brazil’s Unicorn FinTech EBANX Pilots Digital Wallet

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Brazil’s unicorn FinTech and payments startup EBANX is trialing a digital wallet, called Ebanx Go, with 10,000 consumers on a test basis, the company announced on Wednesday (Jan. The digital wallet offering is intended to solidify the FinTech’s reach in the Brazilian payments market.

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Clash of clans … or new bank versus old bank (Fidor, BPCE) 

Chris Skinner

I was talking with some friends at the most innovative bank in Europe that has stopped getting on my radar for the past few years. I first blogged about them back in 2012, when I met the founder at an event. That bank is called Fidor.

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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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Why Bunq Banks On The Cloud For An Innovative Edge

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That is why it is critical for FIs to build out networks that can handle an increased amount of transactions or swiftly analyze large reams of data, according to Ali Niknam , CEO and founder of European digital bank Bunq. This is similar to the card aggregation solutions that fellow FinTech Curve offers.

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Mastercard: The Role Of ‘Instant’ In Improving Consumer Financial Health

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To improve the financial lives of millions of Americans, speed matters — especially for FinTechs seeking to bring new products to market digitally and to target consumers underserved by traditional banking models. As Choubey told Webster, the FinTech traces its roots to providing financial access to 90 million Americans.

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Silicon Valley’s Plaid Heads to the U.K., Undeterred by Brexit

Bank Innovation

Fintech startup Plaid Inc. Founded in 2012, San Francisco-based Plaid helps customers and banks transmit data back and forth. is expanding its footprint into the U.K., a region it believes could eventually match the U.S. in terms of revenue, despite political uncertainty.