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Compliance resource drain holding back capital markets innovation

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Firms “completely consumed” by solving regulatory projects are holding back proper back office innovation in capital markets, according to Alastair Rutherford senior advisor for Nomura Research Institute. Speaking at an industry event in London this week, he argued that when companies.

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B2B Innovators Explore The New Payment Rail Combinations

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Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Corporate buyers continue to drive commercial card adoption in order to take advantage of capital float and rewards programs. Nacha Drives Corporate ACH Adoption.

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Coast Capital On Weathering The Pandemic And Planning For The Future

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CUs’ production units could not afford to miss deadlines with members’ financial needs at stake, said Nancy McNeill , senior vice president of Operations at Coast Capital Savings Federal Credit Union. McNeill said Coast Capital, like numerous other CUs, has seen robust growth in the number of members who have gone digital during the pandemic.

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Capital One Acquires FinTech Robo-Adviser United Income

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The retirement-focused United Income will now give automated advice as part of Capital One, which is looking to expand its robo-adviser offerings. . Capital One purchased the company for an undisclosed amount after taking a 10 percent stake last year, American Banker reported on Friday (Aug. However, not much else will change.”.

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Stripe Says Developers Are Economy’s Most Precious Resource

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If one were looking at the economy a decade ago, Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson told Karen Webster, the biggest challenge businesses faced in growing was clear: access to capital. Developers, Johnson told Webster, are precious resources because they are scarce. The last 10 years have changed the playing field a lot.

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Facebook Co-Founder’s VC Firm B Capital Raises $406M

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Facebook Co-founder Eduardo Saverin has closed out $406 million for B Capital, his venture capital fund, according to a report. Saverin also has a family fund called Velos, but he hasn’t been using that as much since B Capital launched. While corporate leaders can scale effectively, they are often too large to innovate quickly.

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FinTech Innovation Eases B2C Sellers’ Entrance Into The B2B World

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There’s a huge opportunity [in B2B payments] for businesses that have traditionally focused on the consumer,” David Disque , president of Corporate Spending Innovations (CSI), said in an interview with Karen Webster. The industry is moving in the right direction, and the tools and resources are there to make it happen.”.