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Marqeta to focus on growing product suite in 2020

Bank Innovation

If 2019 was the year of the challenger bank, 2020 will be the year payments companies move closer to bank territory. Marqeta, the card issuing and processing startup supporting the capabilities of large companies like Kabbage and Square, sees 2020 as a big year for payments companies branching out into banking.

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B2B FinTech On The Cusp Of Change

PYMNTS

While Lending Club generally focuses its services on consumers, the implications of Laplanche’s resignation have echoed throughout the SME lending space as well and could see a further decline in banks backing small business loans offered through marketplace platforms. 65% of U.K. and U.S.

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This Week’s Reads: Underbanked, DIY Banking, Community Banks

Banking 2020

Articles via American Banker, Bankrate, Financial Brand and Bank Innovation. Rush to serve the underbanked spurs innovation: With the race between financial institutions to become the most innovative heating up, consumers and financial institutions alike are becoming more aware of the effects innovation is having on the industry.

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

Banking 2020

Brice Mindrum: We are seeing significant adoption from our members, many of whom were eagerly waiting for our cards to be supported. We expect our members enrolled in Apple Pay will use it at every opportunity, and will view both America First and the merchants who support Apple Pay as innovative. We will be issuing EMV cards soon.

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What do consumers want from payments?

Banking 2020

Banking innovation takes many forms, but the most successful generally start by addressing a consumer need. Payment cards created a safer and quicker way to pay compared to cheques. Online banking lets people manage accounts without having to visit a branch. But what’s driving payments innovation nowadays?

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Finland and US lead the way for non-cash payments

Banking 2020

Citizens in Finland, the US and the Netherlands have been revealed as the most prolific users of non-cash payments such as credit and debit cards, according to a report that revealed which nations are leading the way with innovations in payments. ” Huge potential for further growth.

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Hidden payments ‘too big too ignore’

Banking 2020

This is among the key findings of Capgemini and Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) latest World Payments Report , which revealed that these transactions – defined as those not statistically reported under usual payment methods such as credit/debit cards, cheques, direct debits and money transfers – accounted for between 24.5