Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2017

As the year saw changes in financial regulation, startup culture, and trends in venture capital, innovation moved forward: blockchain labs were made, funding was fought for, mobile payment systems were integrated, and the limits of artificial […].

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2016

It may have been a big week for alternative lending in the consumer finance space, but in B2B payments, blockchain and eCommerce startups snagged the biggest share of venture capital. Blockchain. But that doesn’t mean blockchain is free from its notoriety. B2B eCommerce. 30 million , to be exact.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers. The new banking options are largely built around blockchain technologies.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It’s no secret that everyone from small startups to m ajor corporations is jumping on the blockchain trend. RESEARCH briefing: ENTERPRISE BLOCKCHAINS & THE FUTURE OF DECENTRALIZATION. We look at how the enterprise blockchain world is developing, as well as where cryptonetworks could possibly go in the future.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and cybersecurity are poised to transform the financial services industries. New hybrid cloud platforms will offer unprecedented scalability, agility, and security, optimized for enterprise AI and blockchain. Transforming how financial institutions operate.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Furthermore, with analysts and regulators around the world placing greater scrutiny on certain trade finance solutions, B2B traders can face even greater uncertainty over how to finance transactions (responsibly). That’s last-resort lending,” she said. “Factoring should never replace a bank.

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

While the prices of cryptocurrencies and cryptoassets have fallen from their 2017 peaks, equity investment into blockchain startups is on pace to hit all-time highs in 2018. THE FUTURE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECH. See how venture firms, corporates, regulators, and builders are shaping the future of blockchain technology.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Daniel Pinto, the co-president and chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase , told CNBC in an interview that 2020 will likely see sturdy economic growth of about 1.5 He said the challenges came in the form of lending money, which became much more expensive to do after new regulations were put in place. percent or 1.8

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

million in the largest investment round ever for a FinTech that operates exclusively in the continent. Blockchain. Cambridge Blockchain. With operations across Africa, Cellulant offers a digital accounts receivable solution with integrated payment reminder, collection, settlement and reconciliation capabilities.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 5, 2016

For regulators to develop a unified framework for fintech companies to operate in, they first have to come to a consensus.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Daniel Pinto, the co-president and chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase , told CNBC in an interview that 2020 will likely see sturdy economic growth of about 1.5 He said the challenges came in the form of lending money, which became much more expensive to do after new regulations were put in place. percent or 1.8

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The most lucrative players are operating in the SME finance space, with a small business banking startup landing more than a quarter of the funding. Alt-Lending. The startup connects small businesses with investors to facilitate cross-border financing of SMEs, using blockchain to process the funds transfer. SME Banking.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

A few days later, one of the founding fathers of FinTech, Renaud Laplanche , was forced out of Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender he founded in 2006, following scandals over loan disclosures and conflicts of interest. The really interesting, though less juicy, story is what got Lending Club into trouble.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

When it comes to a country such as the UAE, demographics can play a role on that — some 80 percent of the population is made up of expats, and they don’t always have the best luck in navigating the local financial, banking and regulation landscape. The country’s relatively strict laws on bankruptcy are becoming less severe as well, he noted.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Soon after the company scrapped its IPO plans, Misys launched a new solution for its bank customers to “take back that piece of the lending market” taken away from alternative lending competitors, said Senior Product Officer Jean-Cedric Jollant in an interview with PYMNTS last year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2018

According to the report, 88 percent of lenders plan to lend more in 2018 than they did in 2017, and more than a third (36 percent) said they plan to lessen requirements for loan approval. So while lending volume in the U.S. While the data included business loans, Magilla noted that mortgages are the main driver behind this trend.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Trade finance revenue is slipping at the world’s largest banks, especially as companies struggle in a global trade environment operating with a $1.5 The FinTech space is hoping to address these challenges head-on, targeting the paper and manual-based processes of trade finance transactions though innovations like blockchain.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Blockchain technology — its genesis as a decentralized ledger, publicly visible but anonymous and once synonymous (but not limited) to cryptos — has fared better. In other cases, blockchain has helped companies create efficiencies by shaving time off operations and saving on costs. A Case Of Blockchain Fatigue.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The alternative lending platform focuses on student lending, but some of the top U.S. Affirm, for instance, secured $275 million last May and, soon after, announced plans to link businesses operating over Shopify with financing. deals were also joined by B2B companies. while alternative lenders are in the same boat.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Many speakers talked about the huge opportunity to integrate fintech and breakthrough technologies like blockchain and AI into the established banking industry. Deposits, Deposits, Deposits With nearly $1 trillion of “COVID bump” deposits already leaving the industry, bankers are bracing for a severe period of deposit competition.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Anson Zeall, chairman of Access, Singapore’s Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Industry Association, said yesterday in an interview with Bloomberg that this is a problem “common among leading FinTech hubs” in many countries and urged Singapore’s government to […].

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Some themes endure year-after-year, as shown in the table below—real-time payments, cybersecurity, fintechs, blockchain and open APIs. A key theme we observed is that corporate banking needs to address its constituents holistically—lending, payments, FX and trade. Open Banking is fast becoming a global phenomenon.

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BankUnderground

JUNE 25, 2020

Broadly, the Bank of England receives two main types of quantitative data from regulated firms. Second, and separately, regulators also have access to more granular data on specific types of financial agreements and transactions. Central banking is also becoming more data intensive. This has been driven by three factors.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

I realize this because several blockchain industry analysts have put out absolutely fantastic work that should be your reference for the coming year. There’s a lot to say about the overlap of Fintech and blockchain, but let’s find the very edge of the frontier and focus right there. The lending product above is a bit more complicated.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

Enterprise blockchain startup Axoni secured $32 million in Series B funding this week, the company announced in a press release. The company works with banks and other financial services players to integrate blockchain tools. Enterprise procurement solutions provider Expedi announced a $2.25 MyDreamPlus. Capital On Tap.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

INV has refocused its operations within the last year on FI enablement, and the new class – INV’s eighth – is the first solely curated for this directive. INV Fintech’s new class, announced today, solidifies the accelerator’s pivot to greater bank enablement.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2017

Incoming regulatory changes, including with the Affordable Care Act, are some of the largest HR-related concerns businesses have today, so Namely added it will also look to focus on aiding cash management and visibility efforts for its clients facing a financial burden from such regulations. Alternative Lending. Funding Circle.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Demonetization in India has financial institutions operating at full speed to exchange out discontinued bank notes but with some unexpectedly pleasant consequences. banks, meanwhile, have risen in financial stability regulators’ ranks for how much of a risk they pose to the global financial system should they fail.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Between the rise of blockchain technology, the market debuts of faster payments initiatives and the advancements in virtual card capabilities, small businesses have more choice and power when it comes to their payments needs. and EMEA told surveyors that they access cash flow from their operations.

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Urs Bolt

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Fintech has advantages in facilitating operational efficiency, advancing customer experience and boosting products and services updating, and innovations, which are in line with the ultimate goal of traditional financial institutions, said Ao Yifan, a vice president of the Bank of Hangzhou. Blockchain. Regulation. Cheap Energy.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Can you say blockchain, blockchain, blockchain? Roughly 10% of all the individual track sessions were devoted to blockchain/bitcoin. For those with skin in the bitcoin game, the message was, “Why are we trying to separate blockchain from bitcoin?” Innovation we saw that we’re all not talking about enough: lending.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

But regardless of all that, $1 trillion of value has indeed materialized and grown on blockchain-based financial networks since 2008. American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e.,

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

But regardless of all that, $1 trillion of value has indeed materialized and grown on blockchain-based financial networks since 2008. American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Targeting banks and money services businesses allows for jurisdiction and regulation of the choke points (i.e.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

The world of blockchain technology has certainly seen some major changes over the course of the past decade. While traditionally, blockchain has been instrumental in the financial arena, 2016 and early 2017 saw other industries dipping their toes into the technology’s shallow end.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 5, 2016

A few years ago, I wrote that when it came to the regulation of payments, America could do worse than adopt something along European lines. From Regulator will start issuing bank charters for fintech firms. It is the provision of credit that is the systemically risky service and it is this service that requires strict regulation.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Startups targeting retail and commercial banking have been emerging globally, spurred by favorable tech regulations, an uptick in mobile adoption, and shifting customer demographics. One of the biggest challenges these companies face is that many operate without a bank charter or license. Blockchain. Underbanked/Unbanked.

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Lex Sokolin

JULY 1, 2019

fee on Binance, $600M of Tether printed, $200M in DeFi lending This is what it looks like, this change in the atmosphere, the fireflies all lighting up as the night comes in. Adding Blockchain to the mix merely adds a 21st system, which is by design incompatible with everything else. Finance in motion— $1B moved for $0.02 We are here.

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