PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

In a deal valued at over a $1 billion, SoFi said it has inked a definitive deal to buy Galileo Financial Technologies. The firm’s offerings can be accessed through desktop, mobile and a tangible debit card. The online personal finance firm will pay total purchase consideration of $1.2

Financial Technology 151

Financial Technology Technology Innovation Fintech 151

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

The basis of innovation is not the desire to create something new or even the inspiration to do so. Innovation occurs where there is a problem and a person with the tools to solve it. Anyone can have a good idea,” Lowthers said; innovation is about what you do with it. PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why?

Innovation 101

Innovation social media Security Leadership 101

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

The virtual card FinTech company commissioned a study this month to explore how companies are managing their expense policies and procedures. The vast majority (90 percent) of respondents said that their reconciliation process is challenged because corporate cards are used by more than one employee. The Struggle To Change.

America 100

America Mobile Payments Cards 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

It’s definitely a “Freakonomics result,” Burkhart said, and not one easily explained. “I More seriously, he concurred that in the face of turbulence consumers in some cases will cling to habit — and cards are so ingrained that people prefer using them with gloves on to pulling out their mobile phone. percent to 3.3

Mobile 170

Mobile Payments Cards Branding 170

Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. This technical friction causes initiatives to slow and allows less room for innovators to deliver new value. Tech companies trying to support a bank stack have no easy task.

Technology 135

Technology Regional Community Bank Community 135

Insights on Business

JULY 20, 2017

See how open banking APIs are transforming financial services (and businesses, too!). I wasn’t particularly inspired by the Wikipedia definition , so I’ll give you mine. The emergence of financial technology (fintech) and the push of regulators for more competition are disaggregating and open this closed value chain.

Fintech 181

Fintech Mobile Examples Data 181

William Mills

MAY 10, 2016

One use case is to use a bot, via text messaging, to help customers when they have potential credit card fraud. Card-linked offers generated a lot of excitement a few years ago. They have a platform to source the merchant offers, and match them with card issuers. Link your card to website or app, select the offer.

San Jose 40

San Jose Customer Experience Mobile social media 40