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A brand new Clearing Bank for Britain

Chris Skinner

The smaller banks, credit unions, building societies and FinTech start-ups therefore must rely on just these four banks to get their services through the system and, if those big banks want to play hard-ball, then you just have to roll-over and comply.

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Just _ Me: Venmo Launches New Branding Campaign

PYMNTS

According to Venmo’s Head of Marketing, Kasia Leyden, the idea is to put users’ stories front and center, making the money transfer company the only brand that can fill the blank in whatever occasion they’re sharing. The company is referring to it as a creative campaign rather than an ad campaign, and that’s deliberate.

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Payments Innovation: Brand Of Choice Driven By Consumer Experience

PYMNTS

It is also important to note that “innovation” in this index refers to the implementation of new products, or of new features for existing products. It’s all about the customer journey: meeting their needs, keeping pace with their changing behavior and catching up to the digital mobile market to become their brand of choice.

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M&A Emerges As Key Strategy To Drive SMB Finserv Collaboration

PYMNTS

In an environment in which connecting small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to vital financial services and products is more imperative than ever, the world of SMB banking and FinTech is fostering an ecosystem of collaboration to expand availability. Orange Bank Acquires Anytime.

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RBS Shutters Bó To Focus On SMB Challenger Bank Mettle

PYMNTS

One of Britain’s largest banks, Bó had been positioned to compete with FinTechs like Monzo and Revolut. Instead, RBS said Friday (May 1) that it would “wind down Bó as a customer-facing brand” in only a half-year since the neo bank was rolled out to the public. Bó was something we were testing and learning from,” she said. “It

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5 (More) Ways FinTechs Can Benefit from Hosting a Podcast

William Mills

The most exciting aspect of being immersed in the fintech world is that it is constantly changing and evolving. Hosting a fintech podcast is not only a great opportunity to share your thoughts on trends and events in the community, but it also has some significant potential benefits from a business standpoint. SEO Benefits.

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The Finanser’s Week: 30th January – 5th February 2017

Chris Skinner

I often refer to it with the line that banks were built in the last century for the physical distribution of money as paper in … Banks are extinct … oh no, they’re not Curating the daily news yesterday, I was surprised to see an article published by Wharton Business School that irritated me.