PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

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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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

From competitors to collaborators, the FinTech boom introduced a field of opportunity for traditional financial institutions to team up with an industry newcomer to become more agile and modern with their own product offerings. On the other hand,” he added, “the pandemic doesn’t just spare FinTechs. Financing Burdens.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As SMBs seek opportunities to expand their operations, and reach new customers and markets, they will need the right spend and workforce tools to ensure funds are spent appropriately. The solution also allows managers to set limits on how much money can be spent with the cards, and cancel or freeze them at any time, if necessary.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has removed the choice and forced FIs and customers to interact via digital platforms, though, and brick-and-mortar branches have become auxiliary services with limited use for more complicated financial tasks for those who remain branch-dependent. Confronting Digital Banking Reality.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks' embrace of FinTech is often driven by consumers' growing demand for a more seamless and unified experience. Increasingly, treasurers are seeking intelligent solutions augmented by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) — and banks are turning outward to meet those needs. HighRadius & Commerce Bank.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Goldman Sachs has selected FinTech startup Marqeta to power digital checking accounts for Marcus, while California credit card startup X1 notched $12 million in a funding round headed up by Spark Capital. X1 Card Raises $12 Million In Funding Round Led By Spark Capital.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Digital: Pigskin Pick-Ups Bankjoy , a digital banking provider, had a funding round led by the Curql Collective Credit Union Service Organization. Fiserv partnered with Central Payments LLC , a BAAS provider for fintech, and sold its Frontier Reconciliation and Accurate Reconciliation solutions to Trintech.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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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BankInovation

JANUARY 23, 2023

Grasshopper Bank is partnering with finance automation platform Ramp to provide virtual and physical corporate cards with a host of features to its business clients.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Collaboration and not competition, Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos told Karen Webster in a discussion on the recent advancements and updates to Visa’s Fast Track program , is quite evident — particularly when one observes that a number of Visa’s partners are many that, on paper, might appear to be competitors.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Companies are rolling out plenty of new banking tools for consumers to manage their money. The February Digital Banking Tracker™ showcases the various methods banks are employing to help their consumers stay engaged with their finances. Here’s what’s happening around the world of Digital Banking.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 7, 2023

The launch of Charlie points to an underserved niche in banking: older adults. In mid-May, a digital bank account for the 62+ crowd debuted in the United States. It’s only a matter of time for retirees to get a rewrite of digital banking. Already, older generations are using mobile banking and it’s on the rise.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Targeting the freelancer and small business space, FinTech startup Sensibill announced $31.5 The Canadian company provides receipt management for other mobile banking apps, enabling the apps and their small business users to aggregate and analyze spend and expense data. million in Series B funding this week.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2020

Challenger bank Agora Services wants to address challenges with banking for small businesses with a new solution called Agora SMB, which will help them compete with bigger banks, a press release says. Agora SMB will offer its users new options for unlimited plastic and virtual cards for employees.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

But that doesn’t mean all the players in payments and financial services have a solid or clear digital strategy. The problem can be especially acute when it comes to financial institutions (FIs), said John Owens, general manager of Elan Credit Card , in a new podcast interview with PYMNTS. The age of personalized service is upon us.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, BlockCard is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful for a new crypto debit card, while the Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP). Ternio’s BlockCard Teams With P2P Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful for Crypto Debit Card.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The FinTech unicorn Plaid has rolled out in three more European countries – Ireland, France and Spain – as part of an expansion initiative, CNBC reported on Thursday (Nov. The Silicon-based startup, launched in 2013, uses a unified application programming interface (API) to link FinTech apps with people’s bank accounts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

Digital payment and open banking firm i2c has announced its partnership with Credit Sesame ‘s Sesame Cash , which will give more customers the option to use Credit Sesame’s money management services, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

As reported in this space, and via announcement sent to PYMNTS, the company’s CEO and Founder Neil Ambikar said that the firm will look to accelerate growth, with an eye on rolling out application programming interface (API) enabled banking services.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Also, Visa is working with four global finance firms to help FinTechs issue plastic as well as digital payments. And London’s digital unicorn Monzo has appointed TS Anil to head up U.S. Amazon Launches Voice Transcription Tool For Doctors. New Visa Alliances Help FinTechs Launch Payments Solutions. operations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

“For example, we’ve learned that if customers share their mobile locations, we can compare card transaction data to [those] mobile locations and the model will know if the customer is actually making that transaction. [It That’s not to say that AI can’t change how banks secure transactions and reduce risk, though. contact-form-7]. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2019

Persuading customers to choose one bank over another is never an easy task, and it’s only become more challenging in the saturated digital banking space. Around the Digital Banking World. Other banks are looking to upgrade the way they’ve designed their mobile banking features, including U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

It was a busy week for commerce and payments, as consumers are harnessing connected devices for digital-first shopping and firms are looking to harness tools to speed up business-to-business (B2B) disbursements and payments. Mastercard: Why It’s Time For Card Issuers To Up Their Digital Game. banking license.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Digital banks. Digital Banks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Fraudsters are finding new ways to slip past technological defenses, which leaves banks constantly upgrading the tools used to keep them out. In the latest Digital Banking Tracker™ , PYMNTS examines how banks are innovating to address these security vulnerabilities. Around the Digital Banking World.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The funding, led by DST Global, is the largest individual equity investment for a challenger bank, surpassing NuBank’s $400 million, which was also led by DST Global, according to CB Insights. DST Global led the Chime’s previous funding round that closed in March, which valued the digital bank startup at about $1.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Cardlay, based in the U.K., leading the investment.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Next Insurance is aiming to raise new capital that would value the FinTech startup at $2.25 Digital small business insurance provider Next Insurance is negotiating an arrangement to bring in new capital that would reportedly value the FinTech upstart at $2.25

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The Financial Brand

AUGUST 17, 2020

MoneyLion, with six million members, sports a new banking app and digital money-management features suited to COVID-impacted consumers. The post Financial Wellness Tools Propel Fintech Deeper into Banking Space appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

now have a new option when opening a bank account. Digital bank Radius Bank is collaborating with Treasury Prime to develop the Tailored Checking Account geared toward entrepreneurs in need of accelerated services, the businesses announced in a press release Tuesday (June 12). Small businesses (SMBs) in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

FinTech startup Marqeta has been tapped by Goldman Sachs to power digital checking accounts for Marcus. Marqeta said that Goldman Sachs “will leverage our modern card issuing platform” to introduce digital checking accounts to Marcus customers, according to a Marqeta blog post on Thursday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To improve the financial lives of millions of Americans, speed matters — especially for FinTechs seeking to bring new products to market digitally and to target consumers underserved by traditional banking models. As Choubey told Webster, the FinTech traces its roots to providing financial access to 90 million Americans.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

“FIs already using cloud-enabled infrastructure had an advantage in the immediate response phase,” Martin Frick , managing director of APAC at Temenos, told PYMNTS in the July Digital Banks And The Power Of The Cloud Tracker® done in collaboration with NuoDB. Banks need to start thinking (and acting) like technology firms.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Digitizing and modernizing B2B payments cannot be a one-sided effort. Increasingly, FinTechs and the businesses they serve are pulling double duty with solutions that tackle both accounts receivable and accounts payable friction for each end of the B2B transaction. Tipalti Collaborates On Card Adoption.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

ATO and other fraud methods that rely on using stolen credit card numbers or other personal information are becoming decidedly popular with bad actors, who are employing increasingly sophisticated technologies to execute their scams. Arou nd the Digital Banking World. digital bank Monzo. market debut.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

MoneyLion , the New York-based mobile bank, announced the launch of RoarMoneySM, a demand deposit account powered by MetaBank N.A. with Mastercard as its exclusive card network. In an interview with PYMNTS earlier this year, Choubey said the FinTech traces its roots to providing financial access to 90 million Americans.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Open banking has been picking up steam in Latin America for more than two years. Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. The creation of open banking initiatives in the E.U.

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