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Banking Innovation Enters New Era; Consolidation Now The Rule

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What makes the current developments so interesting and exciting is that “we're just seeing that they're at the end of the innovation growth cycle,” he explained. Clearly there's regional saturation, which leads to consolidation.”. These aren't small companies or digital innovators,” he noted.

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The Race For Singapore’s Digital Banking Licenses

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In late June, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sent a ripple through the global financial services ecosystem with the announcement of its intention to issue five digital bank licenses to eligible applicants. Only two of the licenses will full digital banking licenses, while the other three will be wholesale banking licenses.

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ADVANCE.AI Consortium Seeks Singaporean Digital Banking License

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Yet another business consortium vies for a lucrative, wholesale digital banking license, according to reports. ” The Monetary Authority of Singapore determined last year that it would issue up to five virtual banking licenses to enhance competition and innovation. Winners will be announced in mid-2020.

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Monetary Authority Of Singapore: What It Will Take To Win Digital Banking Licenses

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Some companies have been able to adjust quicker than others, leading to the first-ever fines issued and collected for breach of GPDR within the region. However, the most intriguing development in the Open Banking world is not the impact of these two regulations inside of Europe, but outside of it.

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Finastra and Union of Arab Banks to accelerate digital banking together

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Finastra and Union of Arab Banks to accelerate digital banking together. Partnership will see the development of a model digital bank, licensed to Union of Arab Banks members to help them transition into digital banking. However, resource management remains a central challenge.

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Cloud Banking Gives Legacy Systems A Lift

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“Migrating to cloud- and AI-based solutions could help FIs handle growing calls for faster banking tools during the COVID-19 pandemic, and recent trends show they are beginning to do so,” according to PYMNTS’ June 2020 Digital Banks And The Power Of The Cloud Tracker® done in collaboration with NuoDB.

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Bottomline Doubles Down On Data Intelligence For FY 2020

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million for the quarter, but Bottomline remained confident in growing revenues for FY 2020 thanks to new customer sign-ons that have yet to go live. We had notable customer wins across our banking and business payments platforms as customers continued to choose Bottomline for innovative and highly secure business payments solutions.

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