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The Impact of Mobile Card Apps On FI Customer Retention

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The trend toward digitization in consumers’ lives isn’t new, but COVID-19 has accelerated it dramatically over the past several months. In fact, the majority of 2020’s new accounts have gone to megabanks and digital banks, not to community institutions. FinTech players are also grabbing deposits. Square announced $1.3

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Credit Unions Unite Behind Digital Banking

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The PYMNTS December 2019 Credit Union Tracker looks at the changing topography of the CU space, as digital transformation challenges the “all for one, one for all” mentality that has undergirded their business model since the 1800s. Strong balance sheets in key areas like credit card debt ($64.4 Digital Unison.

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The Pandemic’s Push For The FI/FinTech ‘Win-Win’

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That number climbs to 38 percent among baby boomers, 74 percent for Generation Xers and 85 percent for millennials and Generation Z consumers. Kikkeri said this is the highest penetration that mobile banking has ever seen among consumers. But an opportunity is only as good as the bank’s ability to pursue it.

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Mobile Cards Key To Winning Bank Accounts

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As the report states, “We … find that a significant share of consumers are willing to bank with the institutions — financial or otherwise — that offer them the best spending and money management tools.”. Mobile Cards: Make or Break? The highest interest is among “bridge millennials” whose card spend averages $40,000 annually.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: BBVA To Close Simple Bank; Stimulus Debit Cards Mailed To 8 Million Households

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In today’s top digital-first banking news, clients of BBVA subsidiary Simple Bank are reportedly getting emails telling them that Simple is closing and the intent is to move them to BBVA, while the Treasury Department announced that stimulus Visa debit cards are being mailed to homes. The MetaBank, N.A.-issued

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Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News

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China’s central bank gave Mastercard the green light on Feb. 11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. The People’s Bank of China said it has approved an application by Mastercard’s Chinese joint venture to run a bank card clearing business in the nation.

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Aussie FinTech Douugh Introduces ‘Savings Jar’ With Mastercard Debit

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Australian consumer FinTech company Douugh is kicking off its visual “Savings Jar” feature as it widens the availability of its artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted bank account with a Mastercard debit card, Mastercard said in a press release on Thursday (Sept. million-plus millennials in the country. . Accelerate 2.0

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