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The Fiserv-First Data Merger Is Complete

PYMNTS

At the time the transaction was announced, the companies said users would benefit from a “highly complementary combination” that offers a range of payments and financial services, spanning account processing and digital banking, integrated payments and the Clover POS system, among other products and services.

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Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks

Chris Skinner

There’s an old joke about the guy who’s lost driving in the countryside who stops to ask a pedestrian how to get to the city. The pedestrian replies: “oh, if you want to get there, I wouldn’t start from here”, and this is exactly how banks feel today.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Under Stuart’s leadership over the past 17 years, OnPoint has gone from under $2 billion in assets to knocking on the door of $10 billion, all while becoming the most recognized financial brand in the Portland market and achieving some of the industry’s best profitability in 2023. Paul Murphy, founder of Murphy & Co.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Benson Porter, Boeing Employees CreditUnion – Porter led BECU through an amazing streak of growth in the Pacific Northwest, all while building an innovative, stakeholder-driven brand respected nationally. Goes to Allison Netzer and Liz High for their provocative tome, Think Like a Brand, Not a Bank. Goes to CSI.

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The BaaS Gold Rush is On

Gonzobanker

In this emerging landscape, financial institutions, often community banks, frequently “rent” their charter to financial technology firms (fintechs) that serve a specific consumer group as a means to grow non-interest income. Fintechs in need of charters are prompting new banks to enter BaaS seeking a “white whale.”

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Finding The Investable Needles In The Startup Haystack

PYMNTS

When it comes to financial services and financial technology startups, making the right investment decisions is not easy or obvious work. A massive, fully developed FI with an established legacy stack is often a pretty poor fit for a brand-new startup that might be incredibly agile and clever, but is also incredibly immature.

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Does Anyone Outside PR Firms Think Surveys Are Newsworthy?

Tech and Finance

I publish occasionally at the Articulate Communications blog on issues of financial technology, banking and associated public relations and marketing topics. In the past I have written about design thinking, how to avoid bank PR-speak and whether banking and innovation belong in the same sentence.

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