Chris Skinner

JANUARY 30, 2018

I was recently recorded on Roger Edwards’ podcast talking about FinTech, cryptocurrency and corporate change. Roger is a marketing strategist focused upon the insurance industry, and produces regular podcasts about said subject.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Fiserv, a leading banking technology company, has signed on as the headline Diamond sponsor of Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017 is this blog’s annual gathering on ideas and opportunities in fintech.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 21, 2017

The problem is that old systems and legacy technologies stop the bank moving forward into the nimble and agile future on offer today, and this is exactly what FinTech start-ups believe they can exploit as it is clearly a weakness for the large banks. Some call them legacy, others call them handcuffs, but whatever they are is a problem.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I guess that this is logical as my last line was that government control of cryptocurrencies is “not so easy for cryptocurrencies that have … The post Regulating the cryptocurrency markets appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 26, 2017

Innovate Finance has just published their report on the first half of 2017, and the investments made in FinTech. Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 Billion in H1 2017 –with UK investment up 37% reveals Innovate Finance H1 2017 saw 787 deals globally, attracting $6.5 Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

All of this has occurred as the company has continued to expand the pilot phase of its global payments innovation (gpi) initiative, thus far signing on dozens of major financial institutions to an effort aimed at streamlining cross-border payments. “And at the end of the day, there will always be competitors and new market entrants.”

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 1, 2017

I was reflecting on a friend of mine who runs a FinTech start-up. But it gives you an insight into how hard starting a new firm is, FinTech or Tech or any really. How many of those are there in FinTech? America is still big on FinTech. Asia is big on FinTech. Their company was on a funding round, and struggling.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 23, 2018

The article is fairly high level and makes no commitment to … The post Digital smartphone banking is used by 97% of Asia’s developed market consumers appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Takeaway 3 Innovation and continued digital transformation are necessary to pull ahead of your competition and take full advantage of rising rates. Lean on innovation. Innovation has created challenges for financial institutions by way of increased types of competitors and products, and innovation can help you lead the pack.

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Chris Skinner

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I was at a large bank’s wealth management conference recently, where the CEO was being quizzed about various areas including a lot about technology and FinTech. He made several statements that I noted with interest: “Roboadvisory services improves our speed-to-market and human productivity, but does not replace humans.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 21, 2017

I’ve blogged about how I see leadership in the developing (developed now) economies of China and India, and the new innovation models of emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not quite in the way in which I see them now. For these reasons, I see the Fintech in China and India as demonstrating growth economies characteristics.

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Abrigo

JUNE 14, 2017

Many banks and credit unions have found a path to growth via partnerships with fintechs. Technology partners offer much more than just software to banks; a fintech partnership provides delivery channels, convenience, corporate governance , advisory services, and industry data. Additional Resources Hiring headache?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Southeast Asia is now front and center on the world’s FinTech stage, and it’s no accident. Regulatory efforts to promote FinTech innovation, a bustling climate for blockchain and interest from other markets eyeing the region for expansion have all led to Southeast Asia’s impressive standing in this space.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 12, 2017

Further to my recent trip to Pakistan Business Recorder (their version of The Financial Times) interviewed me in depth about what is happening in FinTech. He is the Chair of the European networking forum: the Financial Services Club and sits on the advisory boards of numerous companies including Innovate Finance, Moven, and Meniga.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 7, 2022

On May 25, 2022, my colleagues, Mike Gordon, John Culhane and Ron Vaske published a blog which reported on a press release issued by the CFPB on the prior day entitled “CFPB Launches New Effort to Promote Competition and Innovation in Consumer Finance.”

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 22, 2017

I blogged a year ago about TechFin, the incumbents’ view of applying technology to existing banking services, versus FinTech which seeks to transform the financial system. That has become one of the top search terms to find my blog, as it turns out, mainly because my blog entries are the first to be returned when searching for techfin.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 23, 2017

The first is the Innovate Finance research into Industry Sandboxes. Supporting Efficiency in Compliance and Regulatory Engagement: The process revealed that within the start up community, understanding of the need for authorisation and compliance requirements in local and foreign markets could benefit from being accelerated.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 7, 2017

Building on yesterday’s blog, Money2020 has an official Money Magazine to go with the European show, produced by Norfico. Anywho, for blog purposes, I thought I would record the final interview notes and share for those interested. Sørensen Chris Skinner needs no introduction in the fintech and banking space.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

As the fallout from WeWork ’s stumbles continues, one could easily wonder if the market is beginning to question not only the position of WeWork backer SoftBank in the tech investment space, but whether venture capitalists (VCs) have placed too much confidence in tech startups as a whole. The answer is no, according to a Thursday (Nov.

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Insights on Business

JULY 23, 2018

CxOs are somewhat divided about whether the innovation focus will be on new or established markets. Previously, they thought open innovation would predominate, but now a growing number of these executives anticipate more internal-driven innovation. They’re neither as focused nor as agile as Reinventors.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 24, 2017

I recently was hauled up over saying that Western Union (WU) was being disrupted by FinTech. Equally, they point out that FinTech has yet to disrupt anything in the financial inclusion area. That’s why much media dislikes the WU model and hopes that FinTech firms like TransferWise and ABRA will disrupt that model.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 18, 2017

The first says: “It’s great working for a FinTech start-up as I get to travel the world. Banking and innovation doesn’t go together. Innovation creates risk and risk is unacceptable in a financial marketplace. The idea is to innovate outside the markets. appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 1, 2017

I’m regularly blogging and talking about the legacy economy known as America. Back in December, I picked up on this new Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Ruling to issue national FinTech bank charters. FinTech community on edge As it turned out, the proposal caused a firestorm among numerous FinTech industry stakeholders.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 18, 2024

That said, here are my banking and fintech predictions for 2024: 1. Regulatory headwinds, iffy economic conditions and a more conservative approach to tech innovation spending are combining to put a damper on BaaS growth. Fintechs have an increasing appetite for new products, better tech integration and diligent compliance.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 28, 2016

Bank Innovation INV, this blog’s fintech accelerator, is pleased to today to announce the six extraordinary startups that have been admitted to its inaugural class.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Hsu frequently has shared concerns about the need for the OCC to develop in-depth understanding of the technologies banks are adopting, including in the context of bank-fintech partnerships and bank involvement with cryptocurrency products.

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FICO

AUGUST 19, 2022

Tackling the Fintech Threat: A Guide for Banks and Credit Unions. What financial institutions need to compete with fintech threat disrupters. As FinTech funding rises to new record levels – $131.5 Taking the FinTech Threat Seriously: What Should Banks Be Doing to Compete? Thu, 12/19/2019 - 16:29. by Darryl Knopp.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Just this week, Finovate host Greg Palmer surveyed the event’s audience on what the biggest challenges of digital transformation projects were for incumbents, according to Fintech Futures. As Ron Shevlin , our chief research officer, blogged : “Banks need to stop playing innovation charades. bank’s fintech partners.

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Accenture

APRIL 21, 2017

European banks are in the midst of a ‘perfect storm’ of negative interest rates, regulatory pressures and market disruption, and are in search of new sources of value. At the same time, virtual accounts can be used in new ways to power innovation and new business model propositions (e.g.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 30, 2017

Here is how he saw things … Fintech in Rwanda: the place where Telcos are surpassing Banks in the financial sector Telcos dominate in the financial sector of Rwanda Last week I participated in the leading fintech conference in Africa “Dot Finance”, which took place in Kigali, capital of Rwanda.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. No one is sure, but publishers and marketers may not like it, according to one Google blog post , leaving the web giant and others to propose “ privacy sandboxes ” to save the ad-supported internet without stalking consumers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

The report included several recommendations for banks, FinTechs and other financial services players — guidelines to establish an industry-driven framework for governing the system and encourage further research and investment in emerging financial technologies. faster payment system. Millennials Moving Into And Up In The Business World.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Connecting more than 8,000 decision makers and thought leaders across the industry, Sibos 2017 in Toronto was once again the platform where the global financial community explored the disruptions and opportunities in payments driven by innovation, technology and new business models. Market infrastructure renewal.

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Insights on Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Not only are financial institutions being squeezed by growing costs and continued margin pressure, agile FinTechs are driving an imperative for hybrid cloud banks to become more open and agile in order to offer more compelling services to clients. Hybrid cloud is helping accelerate go-to-market for these new initiatives.

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Accenture

JUNE 17, 2019

To optimize and simplify their operations for agility to capture opportunities driven by market change. It is how banks will gradually migrate critical customer-facing functionality and expose key data to new platforms at a market-relevant pace. Read the report. That’s the route that a mid-sized regional US bank took.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Blockchain. Marketplace lending. Blockchain.

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Javelin Strategy & Research

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While the mainstream media was ooing and aaahing over Apple’s innovative new product, us fintech geeks were generally a little underwhelmed by certain aspects. Of course, small merchants in the market for POS hardware won’t be able to do away with cards and cash. Square acquisition, perhaps, Mr. Cook ?…

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