Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Apparently, people like it and here I’m going to expand upon the basic theme to give a detailed analysis of how FinTech wings are spreading. There’s been a lot of talk about fintech lately. In fact, saying ‘fintech’ is like saying ‘retailer.’ So, here is the FinTech Wave, Part One.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

At a time when surging coronavirus counts are once again muddying the outlook for consumers and business owners, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shim Steinmetz says the crisis has also provided a silver lining of sorts to nimble FinTechs that can solve merchants’ cash crunch problems. Innovation Vs. Incumbency.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms. Square Links Up With Handshake.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. According to the results, banks argue that innovation, not just regulation, is behind the wheel of progress. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

However, financial institutions (FIs) are getting better at separating vital areas of innovation from the hype. Banks are increasingly focusing on the fundamentals when determining their innovation agendas. Payment technology is in many ways the flagship among the fleet of innovations that banks are pursuing.

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BankInovation

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Across an ever-widening, highly funded global field of fintechs, several major themes are emerging in the latest innovations of banking and financial services. They were […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Belgium, which is home to many European Union (EU) institutions, is also a burgeoning FinTech hub. The country has the fifth-highest number of FinTech deals in Europe, according to an analysis from Belgium-based European FinTech platform B-Hive. ” FinTech firm recovr is among the startups based in Belgium.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

FinTech innovators are continually evolving their technology platforms as they aim to dive deeper into the automation space and also widen their offerings. DadeSystems , in one case, has been expanding into analytics. As payments arrive, the FinTech automates them and applies them to the appropriate receivables.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). Innovating for Community Banks. Leveling the Playing Field.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

It's the combination of prescriptive data analytics and predictive analytics that the new head of business data and insights at Union Bank, Una Fox, said is key to driving growth for the bank and its savings-only platform PurePoint Financial. Fox was appointed to her position in January.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

million grant to banks in order to promote artificial intelligence and data analytics projects, as proposed by Ravi Menon, managing director for the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday. The grant, called the Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Grant, will be reserved for financial institutions based in Singapore.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As banks look to streamline access to finance or make it easier to safely share financial information with apps, Barclays Business Banking and Wells Fargo are joining forces with FinTechs on digital initiatives. PYMNTS rounds up the latest partnerships and initiatives below. Barclays & Propel. Wells Fargo & Envestnet.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

What’s more, satisfaction with a CU’s website or mobile app could play a significant role in convincing Bridge Millennials to stay on or switch to a FinTech for banking. So, how are CUs to approach their website and mobile innovations with different generations that hold different expectations? In addition, 78.8

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Bank-FinTech collaborations have emerged as a viable, lucrative growth path for both sides of these partnerships. For FinTechs, the deals mean access to a broader range of customers through well-established industry names. For FinTechs, the deals mean access to a broader range of customers through well-established industry names.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The team will be made up of over 100 technology professionals tasked with global financial products as well as technology innovations at its Hyderabad Tech Center that would reportedly make it the inaugural facility in the Asia-Pacific region.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has announced the creation of the Fintech Advisory Group to bridge the communication gap between the FinTech industry and consumer organizations, the organization said in a release. The group members will be picked based on expertise across all FinTech -related issues.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 10, 2016

Last week we reviewed the Fintechs using Sentiment analytics, in Europe and the East. We opened up the topic further, asking the Fintech Genome community to share their knowledge on the differentiating factors of each of these Fintechs, their business models and their partnerships.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

With more than $200 million in venture capital funding landing with B2B FinTechs this week, investors had their eyes set on a variety of pain points in corporate finance. Meanwhile, logistics, data analytics, and business travel technologies also won over investors. Below, PYMNTS breaks down the latest in B2B FinTech funding.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. Many fintech venture funds are gaining steam in the industry, and AOBA was a fertile ground to attract new investor commitments.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Data analytics company Enigma celebrated a $95 million dollar Series C raise earlier this week. The fintech last raised funds in a Series B round in 2015. BB&T’s $5 million dollar investment represents the first time that the bank has invested in a fintech company. The […].

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Luckily for the banks, there are many more of the latter than the former.” – Bank Innovation. Recent fintech deals across digital, lending, payments and infrastructure are telling a big story. So here’s the follow-the-money skinny on recent fintech deals—and what it says about what’s likely to come next. Money talks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

To that end, Jessica Moran, general manager of Paymode-X Business Solutions at Bottomline Technologies , noted the continued (and accelerating) collaboration between banks and FinTech firms. Banks And FinTech Firms Together. While speed is a common buzzword in technology, there is another important one.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Innovation in the accounts payable (AP) space continues to expand, with FinTechs looking to capture their piece of a growing market driven by businesses’ desire to digitize their operations. Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest examples of how AP innovators pull suppliers’ accounts receivable processes into the fold.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While consumer onboarding for banks and FinTechs has seen immense innovation in recent years, the same cannot be said for business customers, according to Kyle Mack, CEO of Middesk. 8), the company announced that it has joined Visa's Fintech Fast Track Program to help emerging FinTechs optimize their own business identity strategies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

But only in recent years has FinTech innovation stepped into the market — to not only mitigate the risk of a power imbalance between the buyer and supplier, but also to add value for end users. A Digitization Push. Factoring and supply chain finance are cash flow strategies that have been in place for decades.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2017

Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge. These cities boast strong tech communities, talent pools, good coffee, and cheaper rents.

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FICO

APRIL 29, 2019

Earlier this month at LendIt Fintech USA FICO CEO Will Lansing and Alex Lintner at Experian gave a keynote session on how consumer permissioned data will help lenders to responsibly and securely extend credit to more consumers. The post LendIt Keynote: Analytic Innovations Using Consumer Permissioned Data appeared first on FICO.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Corporate treasurers have said they’re interested in a slew of cutting-edge FinTech solutions that experts believe will disrupt financial business management. These professionals widely agreed that positive disruption is on the horizon as a result of FinTech.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Tried-and-true credit unions (CUs) have managed to keep pace with commercial banks, FinTechs and other financial institutions. Roughly one-third (35 percent) have made data analytics investments over the past three years, according to the Credit Union Innovation Playbook. Data analytics can provide customer insights.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This week's look at the latest in open banking and bank-FinTech collaboration finds financial institutions (FIs) exploring both partnerships and acquisitions to strengthen their offerings for corporates, while third-party service providers have also boosted their data-sharing capabilities to empower those financial service provider tie-ups.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

A majority (55 percent) of corporate professionals identified real-time payments as their top B2B payment service priority, according to the Real-Time Payments Innovation Playbook. With innovation comes new challenges. The real estate market also recently saw innovations. Security vs. Friction. B2B Payments Across Industries.

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BankInovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

Fintechs MX and Blend secured $300 million funding rounds Wednesday just as both companies top off plans for digital innovations in the coming months. Global payments fintech Rapyd also joined the pack with its own $300 million package, which it will use to expand its engineering teams.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. INDUS Holding Company. Cloud Elements.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

To that end, collaborative efforts between banks and FinTechs are on the rise, where joint programs seek to hasten the availability of technology that dovetails with open banking. The company has invited FinTechs and other entities, including “established players,” to work with Deutsche.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Last week we had our first meetings of Nordic Finance Innovation, the largest networking group in the Nordic region for people involved in finance and technology which I happen to chair. The meeting focused upon data: data usage, data analytics, data leverage and data privacy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Just because businesses are interested and willing to adopt payments innovations doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. They really hadn’t been very innovative around that franchise for a long time.”. markets that could be slowing down the digitization of electronic B2B payments. “In

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The delicate balance between bank-FinTech competition and collaboration continues to teeter in the U.S. In a market without Open Banking regulations, FinTechs continue to enter in to the market, collaborating with bank partners to offer their own financial services — which often compete directly with other financial institutions.

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