Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor. This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac.

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Bankers as Buyers explores what banks will likely invest in this year and provides ideas and concepts from leading industry analysts, banking consultants and financial technology professionals on the top trends impacting the financial industry in 2018, including: Mobile Developments. Future Innovations.

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William Mills

JANUARY 25, 2018

William Mills Agency, the largest independent public relations and content marketing firm specializing in the financial industry, released its 15th annual financial services industry report, Bankers As Buyers 2018 today. The report includes industry research about what technology, solutions and services U.S. Compliance.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Philippines payments startup Voyager Innovations has closed a funding deal worth up to $120 million from existing backers, according to a Monday (April 6) statement from Voyager. The new funding follows a $215 million investment in 2018. The new funding follows a $215 million investment in 2018.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Fresh off its January announcement to acquire payments processor First Data Corporation, financial technology vendor Fiserv seems to be banking on a breakout year for the bank-backed P2P payment service Zelle.

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Financial Technology Data Payments Technology 170

PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

Credit unions (CUs), as much as other financial entities, are seeing a boom in competition as banking moves to online and mobile channels. Customers today expect to be able to access financial services instantly, which can put pressure on CUs that need to stretch restricted technology budgets into innovative new features.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Traditional banking isn't built to serve small businesses, and financial technology is quickly filling that gap,” he said, according to the release. And on the flipside, lenders and service providers need data to innovate faster and deliver better offerings. This demand is made far more urgent by COVID-19.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

To offer businesses a simple way for supervising expenditures, digital financial technology firm Wirecard is teaming with Payhawk to roll out a new Visa card, according to an announcement. Payhawk, which was started in 2018, triumphed at the Paris FinTech Forum’s Startup Challenge last year, according to the announcement.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 17, 2017

The PSD2 rules go into effect in 2018, providing a new opportunity for financial technology companies to compete with banks. But there's also an opportunity for banks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In other news, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Hester Peirce expressed hope that securities regulations concerning cryptocurrencies will speed up to match the speed of financial technology innovation. 6), CoinDesk reported, citing regulatory concerns. Zcash and dash are privacy optional.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 9, 2020

The CFPB and Utah AG’s Office have announced that they will hold the first joint office hours as part of the American Consumer Financial Innovation Network (ACFIN). ACFIN is a network of federal and state regulators that may include state attorneys general, state financial regulators, and federal financial regulators.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

Coverage includes Accenture ’s FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific. Europe’s Billon has signed a letter of intent with financial technology provider FIS to explore joint product development and sales opportunities for its corporate blockchain solutions. Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Money laundering has always troubled financial institutions, but today’s digital banking system creates additional complexities as fraudsters around the world take advantage of financial technologies to launder approximately $2 trillion annually. AML Strategies and Innovation Quirks. Changing AML with AI and ML.

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Filene

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Keeping pace with emerging financial technologies. Growing new ideas and creating sustainable innovation to meet expanding consumer demands. Andrea Sreshta, co-founder of LuminAID was our Breakfast speaker this year and shared her company’s story of scaling, innovation and social impact.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 5, 2019

Earlier this year, Wyoming became the second state to create a financial technology (fintech) sandbox by enacting the “ Financial Technology Sandbox Act ” (Sandbox Act). Arizona was the first state to create a fintech sandbox and we will soon be publishing a blog post about Utah’s new fintech sandbox.)

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Launched in August 2018, Wanwu Xinxuan is an online retail platform selling children’s apparel, shoes and accessories. Chinese social eCommerce platform Wanwu Xinxuan has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing led by Fresh Capital, with participation from Redpoint China Ventures, according to Deal Street Asia.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Last year, East & Partners released a report , “Financial Technology and the Corporate,” that revealed 13 percent of corporate treasurers and CFOs had already entirely switched their banking provider. Their key motivation, the report found, was to access enhanced FinTech.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The IBM team will present on a variety of topics ranging from AI to the future of payments to the current trends in financial services. These small group sessions allow for quality time with some of our best experts in financial services. Monday, October 22, 2018. Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Veronese, 2nd level Room 2406.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

The Asia-Pacific region is a rising star in FinTech innovation, but this week, the blockchain spotlight landed on Singapore as more distributed ledger initiatives from the private and public sectors took major steps forward. We’re now transacting on a global basis in this space, which is ripe for innovation and improvement,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

While financial services (FinServ) innovations often emerge with built-in security measures, new market trends — including faster payments and open banking — are introducing new security threats to corporate treasury departments, according to cybersecurity company BioCatch. The tactic is relatively simple.

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Payments Fraud Security Data 141

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

At best—its originator and Visa’s SVP and global head of innovation and go-to-market, Shiv Singh, told Karen Webster—back in 2015, it was a mini project, a toe in the water to engage an entirely new audience for Visa: the developer. In 2018, participating U.S. The Upcoming Season. A World of Challenges. The easy stuff.

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Insights on Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

As a leader in the financial services industry and at the forefront of payments, mobile, commerce and financial technology, IBM will convene a terrific team of financial services experts and partners for a variety of activities at this year’s Money20/20 conference. Using Payment Innovation to Change the Way Money Moves.

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NCR

MAY 25, 2016

The disruption caused recently by the emergence of a wide range of new financial technology (Fintech) players has been a huge jolt for the banking sector, and reminded traditional players that they cannot afford to be complacent in the face of these competitors.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Ideally, those actions should run the gamut of transactions and financial services, across payments and cards. In an interview with PYMNTS, Domach said that “we are very early in the journey with voice technology, especially when it comes to final financial technology.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

The goal is to become one of the most valuable financial technology startups in the world as it eyes a region-wide expansion and seeks a valuation between $8 billion and $10 billion, according to reports in Recode. The goal, according to Ripple, is to add an average of two or three new financial institutions per week to RippleNet.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Welcome to FinovateSpring 2018. How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. Grounding your organization’s digital transformation in people, processes, and technology is critical.

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Tech and Finance

JUNE 14, 2018

I publish occasionally at the Articulate Communications blog on issues of financial technology, banking and associated public relations and marketing topics. In the past I have written about design thinking, how to avoid bank PR-speak and whether banking and innovation belong in the same sentence. May 2018 GlobalData.

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CB Insights

JULY 16, 2017

XL Innovate. HCS went through a major management shakeup in November 2016 when former AIG head of commercial insurance strategy and innovation Greg Wolyniec joined as president and CEO, while AIG president of liability and financial lines Alexander Baugh was named chairman of HCS’ board of directors. Allianz Ventures.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

As technology continues to provide more creative means for financial transactions, so, too, must financial technology companies be careful to abide by the rules that ensure stability and fairness in these emerging markets.” LendingClub has agreed to pay a $2 million civil penalty to settle the matter. “As So, Now What?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

Simply put, that means consumers’ retail experiences tend to inform their expectations for financial services, said Jim Johnson, executive vice president of FI payments and wealth for FIS , in a new PYMNTS interview with Karen Webster. It sometimes requires working with other financial technology companies.”. Recent Progress.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

There, PSD2 was designed to encourage FinTech and payments innovation. One of the more recent examples comes from London-based financial technology startup Revolut , which is reportedly “the first London-based FinTech to receive a European banking license.” For example, in 2018, U.K. million people.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. Visa — One Market Center. Founded: 2013.

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CB Insights

JULY 1, 2018

2018 VC Report: AI FUNDING LEPT 29% IN US. AR/VR : Augmented/Virtual reality companies include AdHawk Microsystems , which creates eye-tracking technology to solve problems faced by AR/VR manufacturers. Fintech: The financial technology category has the greatest number of startups in our table.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Comments on the proposal must be received by October 10, 2018. Whether waivers will only be granted in connection with financial products or services that involve technological or other innovations and will not be granted in connection with conventional products or services.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 8, 2019

In December 2018, the CFPB issued proposed revisions to its 2016 final policy on issuing no-action letters, together with a proposal to create a new “product sandbox.”. Lawmakers are also focusing on the use of algorithms by consumer financial services providers. Both task forces held their first meetings in June.

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