Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2016

Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Consumers flocked to online and mobile commerce , robots rose in food and consumer goods , and brick-and-mortar stayed relevant with retail experimentation — pop – ups , flash sales , store-in-store and showrooms. In 2016, I believe that physical retail may be facing its own ‘Kodak moment,’” wrote Karen Webster. “How

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 15, 2016

Bank Innovation Israel 2016 registration has officially opened today. The only Western fintech event in Startup Nation, the 2016 Bank Innovation Israel will take place 1-3 November at the Dan Tel Aviv. The event is presented by Bank Innovation, one of the world’s leading fintech blogs.

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JULY 3, 2017

Even in the quiet seasons, the online travel market is susceptible to the trade winds, and they don’t always blow in agents’ favor. But what hurts a business (especially a small one) more than an October snowstorm is when online fraudsters use CNP transactions to steal their services. The End of Excessive Card Surcharges.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

A business run by self-proclaimed nuns is making a living by selling “healing” pot online. Christine Meeusen, who goes by the name Sister Kate, is the founder of a medical cannabis company, which she operates out of her home in California’s Central Valley, according to Business Insider.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Adyen operates in more countries and currencies than competitor Stripe, and serves large, international operations, while Stripe works with startups and developers. What do they have in common? In terms of payments, they all use the services of Adyen, the Amsterdam-based payments giant. Adyen’s Read More.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

The indictment alleges that, since late March 2016, Ronald MacCarty, Chester Anderson and Jarrette Codd ordered large quantities of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) before incorporating a company called Next Level Research and Development. million in cryptocurrency. “It is definitely a significant arrest.”

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JULY 11, 2016

Deutsche Bank Research and American Express offered an update on Amex’s card segments, and the successes of the credit card firm’s corporate segment are clear. Reports by Seeking Alpha late last week offered a summary of the online meeting held by Amex and Deutsche Bank Research.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The panel of judges — Scarlett Sieber of BBVA; Sam Maule of Carlisle & Gallagher; Ryan Falvey of the Center for Financial Services Innovation; Matt Wilcox of Fiserv; and Phil Ryan of Bank Innovation — will decide which company is worthy of the “Best in Show” DEMOvation crown at Bank Innovation 2016.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Across so many facets of daily life, online has replaced the “on line” part of transactions — from paying bills to grocery shopping and making tuition payments. LottoGopher.com operates an online subscription based service out of California, limited, at present, to the state’s residents who want to buy tickets online rather than in a store.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

Card processor TSYS is looking to heighten the security of mobile corporate payments. The company announced Tuesday (May 30) that it is enabling tokenization across its North American commercial card program, allowing businesses to let their own cardholders pay with a mobile device. To do this across all of our U.S.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2016

Lucy Peng, CEO, Ant Financial Ant’s latest fundraising round – the largest ever anywhere – of $4.5 billion, and its overall valuation of more than $60 billion, have turned the Alibaba spinoff into one of the most valuable private tech companies in the world. Launched in 2014, Ant Financial Read More.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

And to make sure that everyone starts off 2016, Part II on the same footing, we thought we would bring you a few of the top trending stories, as well as hot data/research topics, that will give you a head start on that all-important planning for 2016 and beyond. Online Checkout Conversion. Are SMBs Ready For EMV?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Its work with Visa Europe will allow Ixaris to provide virtual cards to companies in the online travel industry. “We’re By working with Ixaris to provide virtual cards to the online travel agency industry, we can help Ixaris’ customers remove friction from a crucial stage of their business operations,” Jones said.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.” — John Collison.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2016

Robinhood: On Target Launched in December 2014, Robinhood is a zero-fee stock trading app that quickly gained popularity among financially ambitious millennials. Robinhood was paid the enormous compliment of having “cracked the millennial code” by none other than Jay Sidhu, CEO of Customers Bank and founder of BankMobile.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

The news of the Sabre breach investigation comes just a few days after omnichannel tech and operations company Radial released some alarming new fraud insights from the retail space which should work to further fan the fire beneath cybersecurity and authentication initiatives for businesses operating online.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The bank will be able to serve retail customers, lend money and take deposits, along with other online banking functions. Grab, which started out as a ridesharing company, has been introducing finance apps and payment solutions since 2016. Singtel and Grab will know if their application has been accepted by mid 2020, reports state.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Looking ahead at 2021, positive signs are on the horizon for the industry despite strains on CU operations due to the pandemic. CU members who reported shopping online at least several times a week increased by nearly 50 percent since the pandemic began last spring. Around The Credit Union Landscape .

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MAY 2, 2017

Credit card fraud is a fact that will likely continue to plague retailers for the foreseeable future. It’s on the rise in the eCommerce arena, according to data released from omnichannel commerce technology and operations company Radial’s eCommerce Fraud Technology Lab. What happened was exactly what was expected.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

We take a look at some of the mobile news in 2016 to see what the holiday season and 2017 may have in store. If we watch online, we skip ads — and given access to the right apps, we block them altogether … Most of us don’t like being sold to, especially by someone we don’t know.”. Autoplay May Not Mean Autopay.

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

PayPal has acquired a 70 percent equity stake in Guofubao Information Technology ( GoPay ) and will head to China as the country’s first online-only payments platform, PayPal said in a press release on Thursday (Dec. GoPay is licensed for digital and mobile transactions and operates similar to PayPal. It was $29.93 trillion in 2017.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2016

We can all agree Credit Karma, Chase Mobile, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and PayPal aren’t leaving the Top Ten on App Annie anytime soon. But ratings and rankings aren’t everything — there’s also the cool factor. How easy is the app to use? Does it makes us feel good (even Read More.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does. We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More.

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JUNE 16, 2017

The Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday (June 15) that NetSpend, the operator of a debit card, is providing refunds to settle charges that people couldn’t access their money in their NetSpend accounts. The emails tell how to request a refund using an online form. Since September 2016, $3.6 reached an agreement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

and Europe weren’t able to use their cards on Friday (June 1) after a system failure prevented transactions from being processed. Visa also revealed that the problem was the result of a hardware failure, and that by late Friday, cards in Europe were operating at close to normal levels. Visa customers in parts of the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

Gaming company Razer is going after a Singapore digital banking license, along with China’s largest online monetary platform Ant Financial , according to reports on Wednesday (Jan. Grab, which started out as a ridesharing company, has been introducing finance apps and payment solutions since 2016.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Spanish lender Santander is planning to launch an online deposit platform in the U.S., financial statement spans credit cards, car loans and banking, and is considered an important asset among European players. The bank only operates physical branches in nine states, which limits its ability to attract deposits. told the FT.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Never mind the people who start rummaging around in their purse or wallet to pull out their cards after stepping up to the checkout counter. Yes, I know that for many of you, especially in California, this is old news and standard operating procedure – but hear me out. The ability for merchants to surcharge in the U.S. is nothing new.

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Accenture

JUNE 7, 2017

trn in 2016, and is poised to grow at ~19% CAGR up to 2020¹. Source: Worldpay Global Payment Report 2016. Processors, networks and issuer businesses are dominated by cards. However, the alternative payment methods to cards are emerging rapidly, with strong adoption in eCommerce, which itself is displacing POS retail sales.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Below is a ranked list of the 17 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2016.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Below is a ranked list of the 17 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2016.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 28, 2016

Bank Innovation INV, this blog’s fintech accelerator, is pleased to today to announce the six extraordinary startups that have been admitted to its inaugural class.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

Emailage, the email risk assessment company, has found that during 2016 $1 billion in fraud was stopped by using technology and a syndicated network of global merchants. When was the last time you opened an account or bought something online without an email address? billion in the U.S. CNP fraud is on the rise in the U.S.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Some question whether the card-payment network operator will be able to overcome the struggle to “remain relevant” in a market that is quickly changing — and where consumers may soon be leaving card-based payments behind entirely. UnionPay is facing an increasingly competitive and complicated world these days.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Existing services from the firm include retirement services for overseas employees, online work permit renewals and insurance solutions. In 2016, blockchain company Bitwage announced an application programming interface (API) to integrate its solutions into businesses’ existing operations. Last year, GMO Internet, Inc. ,

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