The Financial Brand

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Calls grow for regulation of fintech-driven POS lending, but for some banks, a credit card variation could be at least a good defensive play. The post ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’: An Innovative Lending Program Heading for a Cliff? appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 6, 2020

The inability to reach someone outside of business hours is a source of friction for some digital bank customers, but Rising Bank wants to set itself apart through one-on-one attention.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

For all the talk of banks going digital, few major brands have launched digital offshoots — in the U.S., based Customers Bank, and that’s about it. In Europe, there are more examples — two prominent ones are Hello bank! There is BankMobile, launched from Wyomissing, Pa.-based

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

This is because many legacy FIs in particular are still reliant upon legacy infrastructure, which is simply not designed to handle the sheer volume of data generated in today’s digital banking sphere. The FI officially opened the digital platform to U.S. How N26 Is Using Cloud Core Banking for Nimble Mobile Innovation.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 6, 2020

The inability to reach someone outside of business hours is a source of friction for some digital bank customers, but Rising Bank wants to set itself apart through one-on-one attention.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

The stage is being set, then, for consumers to pivot away from legacy banking toward trusted brands that, increasingly, are building out financial services. The rise of open banking (and account aggregation) has shaped the conventional wisdom that banking will pivot toward innovation and service-oriented offerings.

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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. Marketplace lending. Digital banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

"When I look at FinTechs-versus-financial services, the reality is the competition that those two marketplaces generate actually generate innovative partnerships between themselves that create that bridge to progress," he said. In a statement, Satago CEO Sinead McHale pointed to the value of bank-FinTech collaboration for SMBs.

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The Financial Brand

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Increasing demand for digital loans and faster decisions is changing the face of consumer lending. The post Banks Are Arming to Win the Digital Lending War With Fintechs appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

percent of CUs have interest in unveiling products and services for these firms in the next three years,” according to PYMNTS’ recent Credit Union Innovation Playbook: Microbusiness Opportunity Edition. Advanced Banking Tech for Small Operators. percent of these credit unions are eyeing mobile banking capabilities, while 61.1

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Chris Skinner

JULY 21, 2017

Really easy to work with, the company is the chosen system for many other innovative companies including Kickstarter and Apple Pay, and valued at almost $10 billion by the end of 2016. These companies have names like Zopa, Smartypig, Nutmeg, etoro and have fun branding and cool offices. Not bad for a six-year-old start-up.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

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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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

Digital banking is not the main element that drives consumers toward using a credit union. According to the Credit Union Innovation Playbook , a PYMNTS and PSCU collaboration, trust is the driving factor in that choice. What a consumer is going to the bank to do matters a great deal, he noted.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Shane is a talented and innovative professional who is positioned well to lead cards and payments U.S. The business serves millions of consumers around the world, providing branded and co-branded consumer credit cards, lending and retail deposit services to consumers, as well as B2B solutions to clients.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 7, 2015

Yet while the demos and screen shots at events like Finovate have provided fascinating fodder regarding the future of digital banking, the FACTS show that these buzz-worthy players have had infinitesimal impact on market share. Bancorp Bank (Simple/PayPal et al) 1,495,558 4,499,959 3,004,401. billion in 2010.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago.

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The Financial Brand

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The bank's innovative digital lending solution increases pressure on both fintechs and traditional institutions in a key battleground market. Bank Jumping Into Digital Lending With New Platform appeared first on The Financial Brand. The post U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Blend said an upcoming survey it commissioned from Forrester Consulting revealed 65 percent of bank customers have financial products with several different institutions. With our unified platform, our partners are able to accelerate digital innovation across every line of business.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) got their clocks cleaned by the pandemic, and turning to their traditional lending sources, they’ve encountered sclerotic systems and outdated policies not conceived for the needs of the recovering Main Street merchants of 2021. We no longer go to the bank,” Potter told PYMNTS.

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The Financial Brand

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Fintech payment giant's adoption of business banking-as-a-service could upend traditional players, but not all agree on that outcome. The post Is Stripe’s Lending and Payments Platform Move the Future of Banking? appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. of bankers are either strongly interested in or already working with fintechs in digital account opening. By Elizabeth Judd. Quick Stat. Source: Cornerstone Advisors.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. Jill is continually demonstrating just how loud a $300 million community bank can roar!

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Huntington and TCF merge to create the $170 billion Midwest dynamo and vault them into one of the top 10 banks in the country. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. 82% to over 2.3%

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

But then again, capital is being deployed into the sector, with more than $3 billion coming to FinTechs through the first few months of 2019, up 18 percent from last year, as Innovate Finance estimated. billion valuation as it seeks to become a lifestyle brand – think sneakers and clothing beyond the jeans scene – on a global stage.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As the collision of traditional banking and fintech continues, there will be more competition and more innovative banking solutions due to the increasing number of actors seeking defensible niches and operational scale. As the gold rush period shakes out, Cornerstone predicts only one in five banks will have a strong enough I.T.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

But then again, capital is being deployed into the sector, with more than $3 billion coming to FinTechs through the first few months of 2019, up 18 percent from last year, as Innovate Finance estimated. billion valuation as it seeks to become a lifestyle brand – think sneakers and clothing beyond the jeans scene – on a global stage.

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The Financial Brand

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It's both a payment and lending challenge — banks must match fintechs' point of sale 'buy now, pay later' service or they'll lose share. The post Gen Z, Millennials and COVID Fueling Rise in Hybrid Credit Card Alternatives appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Independent Banker

MAY 26, 2016

Rebuilding a reputation as payment innovators. These nonbank players are viewed as disruptive and innovative, a position once held by financial institutions. These nonbank players are viewed as disruptive and innovative, a position once held by financial institutions. By Jeff Weikert.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

Meanwhile, the average deal size has decreased steadily in the past few years, and the firm is cutting checks to many first-time investments as it aims to diversify its portfolio and build out a wide-sweeping ecosystem of disruptive tech brands. Konfio , for instance, provides business credit and lending. Digital banking.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

So we’re careful when we lend out commercial real estate loans. West: We have a major initiative to significantly improve our digital delivery system. On the heels of that, we’re going to build a new digital banking platform and data warehouse. It’s a major undertaking for a bank of our size.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 23, 2018

Learn about the playbooks of today’s top banks as they digitally re-position their consumer products. Today, JPMorgan (JPM) is using its capital and scale to build an entirely digital bank. Chase prioritizes hiring technical talent to lead innovation. JPM’s evolving suite of digital banking apps.

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The Financial Brand

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Research on the future of banking finds that most changes in the future of banking will be evolutions of the more recent past. The post 14 Surprising Projections on the Future of Banking appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights.

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The Financial Brand

MARCH 21, 2021

The BankMD brand is thriving where Chase and others have flopped. Tailored high tech helps differentiate it from fintechs and big banks. The post How a Small Bank’s Big Bet on Digital-Only Paid Off appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

New players on the digital banking scene are hoping to change the game by looking to industries that are categorically unlike banks for inspiration. Over the past few years, dozens of so-called digital-only “challenger” banks have emerged on the financial scene, ready to compete with larger more traditional banks.

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The Financial Brand

APRIL 1, 2021

The post Fintech Lenders Will Come Roaring Back As Economy Re-Opens appeared first on The Financial Brand. While Kabbage and On Deck were bought, other players have been overcoming the COVID slump to haunt traditional financial institutions again.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Almost every bank and brand we spoke with will increase their investment in these two areas for 2023. This was followed by a focus on banking-as-a-service, embedded finance, open banking, Web 3.0, Banks are just starting to realize this. Big Idea – Building a New Digital Retail Brand is Fool’s Gold.

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The Financial Brand

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Fast-growing mega-fintech siphons small business loans and transactions from banks. The post Why Square’s Expanding Ecosystem Threatens Banking’s Future appeared first on The Financial Brand. ILC charter plus P2P could impact the consumer market.

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