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Millennial-Focused Digital Bank Empower Finance Raises $20M

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San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The digital banking field is fraught with competition. It offers a savings account with a 1.6

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

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Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. 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. a share with a market cap of $14.6 What Amazon At 10 Can Teach Us About Uber At 10.

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Why Mobile Card Apps Must Be More Than ‘A Nice Little Tool’ For FIs

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percent of consumers noted they would switch financial institutions (FIs) for a better financial app, a number that jumps up to 41 percent among bridge millennials. The good news, particularly for smaller FIs, is their ability to be nimbler, build more partnerships and roll out to market with advance capability more quickly.

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NCR: How Platforms Enable Banks To Be ‘Digital-First’ Fast

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Brown said the company has been working to become a software company, with digital-first banking firmly in the crosshairs. Among the key focal points for NCR looking ahead lies expanding card management and commerce capabilities. It’s really about extending out the capability of your card to the commerce ecosystem,” he said.

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Not Down For The Count, Cash Still Counts For Plenty

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In conversation with Cardtronics’ Brian Bailey, managing director for Global Financial Institutions, and Tom Pierce, chief marketing officer of the firm, Webster noted that even with the rallying cry of a war on cash in the digital economies — and in emerging markets — cash is alive, doing well and actually growing in terms of usage.

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