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Banks Must Up Their Social Media Game to Connect with Digital Natives

Gonzobanker

Traditional financial institutions that want to compete with fintech disruptors like Chime and X (formerly known as Twitter) need to up their social media game. hours per day on social media. Sofi has built strong engagement through its Richer Lives social media strategy and influencer Vivian, “your rich BFF.”

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Top News In Payments: Alexa Can Now Help Manage Medications, Facebook Bid Against Google For Fitbit

PYMNTS

Facebook Bid Against Google in Attempt to Acquire Fitbit. The social media company made multiple bids for Fitbit in October, with a final offer of $7.30 Ant Financial Ramps up SEA Capital With $1B Fund. What the UAE Is Teaching Global FinTechs About SMB Banking. That’s how Silicon Valley feels right now.”.

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FinTech year in review: What we saw and where we’re going

Insights on Business

The dominant story is that fintech startups and banks are better off as friends than foes. Fintech, once seen as a disruptor, is now becoming a mainstream and also a collaborating partner. Consumers have been conditioned by Google and Apple to see that banking services can be much more accessible and convenient from a mobile device.

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Big-Name Backers Pump $324 Million Into B2B FinTech

PYMNTS

B2B FinTech saw one of its most stellar funding weeks in a while, led, of course, by the high-profile Bill.com investment. Konfio focuses on micro, small and medium-sized businesses using data from an array of sources, including electronic payments and social media platforms, to determine approvals. Artificial Intelligence.

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Is Shopify a Fintech player now?

Lars Markull

You have probably read somewhere that Shopify is now becoming a FinTech company due to the launch of a couple of new products. A few years ago it was quite easy to identity Fintech players but the lines are getting blurry. And now coming to the most crucial Fintech announcement by Shopify: Shopify announced their own bank account.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

million podcasts in the world, you might find it daunting to weed through the lists on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, or other platforms to find the best banking podcasts. Breaking Banks Breaking Banks , billed as the #1 global fintech podcast and radio show, began in 2013 and is hosted by media firm Provoke.fm.

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Microsoft & Visa integrating personal financial data into Excel and the open ecosystems of Google…

Lex Sokolin

Microsoft & Visa integrating personal financial data into Excel and the open ecosystems of Google Sheets and MetaMask As a neobank, you would dream of these numbers. How many clients, do you think, would prefer to use niche wealth management document management solutions, and how many would like to use Google Drive?

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