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Embedded Finance: Bolstering Brand Experiences

Perficient

When a non-financial firm offers embedded banking, they offer a branded checking account to hold funds and make payments for the betterment of the company and its clients or workers. Firms such as eBay and Lyft, and many other online firms, have pursued this strategy and successfully expanded their core business.

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Digital Shift Gives Rise To DTC Brands

PYMNTS

The second is the rise of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands. Last year, DTC online sales reached an impressive $14.28 It also accelerated the rise of DTC brands, but not for the same reasons. DTC brands drove into the pandemic and adapted to it to catch the digital shift. There are two kinds of DTC brands that have arisen.

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Banks Brace For New Competitive Forces In Commercial Lending

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Though traditional financial institutions have faced a surge in market pressure to digitize as new FinTech competitors emerge, there are still plenty of areas in which banks hold the upper hand, commercial lending included. But an overwhelming surge in demand painfully exposed traditional banks' biggest shortcomings in business lending.

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

Offering digital lending isn’t about the bells and whistles. started developing its digital lending platform about three years ago—and the bank is really glad it did. “I’m Community bankers are increasingly recognizing that the future of digital lending is here. Illustration by Out of the box/Stocksy. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Why Augmented Reality is Crucial to Improving the Ecommerce Customer Experience

Perficient

With the expanded success of ecommerce in the last twelve months, brands have more opportunities than ever to engage in digital channels with their consumers and stand out from the competition. It seems that businesses and customers truly are at a new inflection point with this technology and opportunities are available for brands.

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BankBazaar’s Co-Brand Model Powers FY23 Revenue Up 60% to Rs.160 Cr

BankBazaar

National, March 30, 2023: BankBazaar.com , India’s leading fintech co-branded Credit Card platform and online provider of free Credit Scores, closed FY23 with net revenue of ₹160 crore. Media Contacts Nanda Padmanabhan | BankBazaar | nanda.padmanabhan@bankbazaar.com The post BankBazaar’s Co-Brand Model Powers FY23 Revenue Up 60% to Rs.160

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Why The Goldman-Amazon Bet On SMB Lending Is No Sure Thing

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Goldman, according to reports in Bloomberg, would be added to the Amazon lending platform, which has traditionally helped merchants get the funding they need to get inventory. Amazon Lending traces its roots back to 2011, and the company had $863 million in SMB loans, according to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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