Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We love seeing alums called out in the numerous “most innovative” articles. But the recent Forbes list of innovators , limited to large public companies (minimum market cap = $10 billion, with 7 years of public ownership), didn’t disappoint. Usually those skew to young private startups.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Some businesses might view investing in modernization and innovation as a risk. But in industries like retail banking, where technology is at the heart of change, staying still is more likely to be one of the biggest risks a financial institution (FI) could take, such is the anticipated pace of change in the next few years.

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Key trends in this year’s report include the continued evolution of payments technology, increased adoption of self-service and innovative branch automation technology, and further enhancements to mobile banking – all converging as part of an overlying strategy to improve the customer experience. Download the full report here.

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

This year’s report has an emphasis on the “invisible” customer, who has been created as financial institutions do more and more business with customers through digital and contact center channels rather than through face-to-face interactions. The report also includes research and articles about what technology, solutions and services U.S.

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Jessica Ellerm

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

And while financial technology is still a nascent industry, no doubt this sector will be subject to a little more of our Kiwi ingenuity over the coming few years. And if Xero are anything to benchmark Kiwi innovation and ingenuity against, the future for fintech in Aotearoa certainly looks bright. I kid you not. Read more here.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 3, 2016

Last week the San Francisco Business Times announced winners of its Tech and Innovation Awards honoring the Bay Area’s most innovative and enterprising technology companies. Finovate alum Credit Karma was one of 25 winners, named Best Financial Technology Company.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 25, 2020

Some of you reading this are heads of innovation at investment banks, pushing forward institutional change. We continue to be enamored with the technology’s ability to create all this stuff on an open source chassis without any traditional financial technology. Humor can highlight dissonance, hypocrisy, and injustice.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

MARCH 26, 2015

This will enable FinTech firms to make use of bank data on behalf of customers in a variety of helpful and creative ways, and ensure the UK remains at the forefront of developments in financial technology and innovation. I spotted an article that had a useful categorisation of options for monetising APIs a while ago.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 18, 2015

For more detail on how we’re using machine learning, I’d direct people to our recent blog article on the topic: [link]. You’ll also see us putting energy towards more innovation, including more risk protection innovation, and new features and functions customers seek. Are you building new financial technology?

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This week we look at Monit , a Boston-based startup innovating in our favorite sector, small biz banking. Funding : $750k per Crunchbase (as Signal Financial Technology). Watch 8 Fintech Startups Pitch at Innovate Finance Pitch360 Finals. Business model : Primarily B2B2C. Monit explainer (3 minutes).

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This week we look at Monit , a Boston-based startup innovating in our favorite sector, small biz banking. Funding : $750k per Crunchbase (as Signal Financial Technology). Related: Watch 8 Fintech Startups Pitch at Innovate Finance Pitch360 Finals. Monit explainer (3 minutes). Business model : Primarily B2B2C.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

YUKKA Lab AG detects market sentiments and transforms them into innovative tools for the finance and communications industry. YUKKA Lab‘s software reads and understands financial news within seconds and provides asset managers and financial advisors with an information advantage at a considerable smaller expenditure of time.

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