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How will new regulations affect China’s online payments market?

Banking 2020

A booming market. China has rapidly become one of the world’s largest markets for online payments, driven by its burgeoning middle class, the growing proliferation of smartphone and tablets, and much improved mobile data coverage. Chinese market research company iResearch estimates that in the first quarter of 2015, a total of 2.4

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Going Head First with Apple Pay: Q&A with AFCU

Banking 2020

While bankers are a little less mystified by the service, brave FIs are adopting and moving forward to become one of the first to market. Wanting to learn more, we spoke with one of the early adopters, America First Credit Union. Voices America First Credit Union Apple Pay mobile payments' We want to hear it!

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B2B FinTech On The Cusp Of Change

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The alternative lending market is showing signs of defeat against traditional bank loans, and SMEs are strengthening their demands for more than the typical solutions currently offered by traditional FIs. SMEs want banks to offer bitcoin services , suggesting the cryptocurrency may not be such a failure after all. 60% of U.K.

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Inside Goldman’s new corporate banking portal

American Banker

The Wall Street firm is jumping into a market dominated by a handful of big U.S. banks, betting that superior technology can lure companies with complex cash-management needs.

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Searching for the Future

Banking 2020

More to the point, bank-related searches continue to rise, while those for credit unions do not. Digging deeper, some banks seem to generate more searches than others. Bank of America roared to the top of the list three years ago, but has declined since.

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Asia Pacific set to drive mobile payments growth

Banking 2020

And Asia-Pacific will be one of the major contributors to this, as both developed and emerging markets increase their use of these payments. For instance, established markets such as Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore are likely to follow a similar trajectory to that seen in Western Europe and North America.

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The Case for CSR

Banking 2020

There are plenty of mandates already in place to govern banking operations, and pushing companies to do good can have the opposite effect. Besides, isn’t the market strong enough to punish corporations that go against the best interests of their communities? All that is undeniably true, but there’s another way to look at this.