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The Race To The Cloud: Will Digital Banks Win?

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More banks are therefore moving away from legacy core systems to embrace cloud-native architectures to power automation and meet the speed expected by consumers, securely. The bank is working with technology giants Google and Microsoft to create new cloud-based tools that will use their cloud computing software.

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Increasing Digital Banking Options Put Pressure On Big Lenders To Adapt

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Dimon’s comments come at a time of aggressive growth and gains by numerous digitally native startups that have modernized and streamlined online banking and payments for the masses. Of course, the pandemic has forced banks – like all businesses – to rethink their priorities and make adjustments to how they interface with customers.

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Why Mexico’s SMBs Need A FinTech Operating System And Not Another Bank

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Consider the fact that in Mexico it can take four to six months to open a business account — and as much as a year to get access to a debit card. As Poovala told Webster: “We had to get a debit card by actually creating our own startup. It’s been 20 months, and we tried to get a debit card from some of the largest banks.

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British Digital Banking Apps Affected By Wirecard Subsidiary Freeze

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s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) mandated that Wirecard ’s British Wirecard Card Solutions unit stop conducting regulated work, a number of consumers in the U.K. digital banking apps such as Anna, Curve, U Account and Pockit since they depend upon the technology of Wirecard to handle payment processing, per the CNBC report.

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BMO’s Digital-First Transformation Unlocks Operational Efficiencies

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The banking industry is increasingly favoring self-service, as customers making transactions grow to prefer tellerless ATM and kiosk interactions. personal and business banking. One more major component of BMO’s digital transformation was enabled earlier, however: an instant-issue debit card. “If

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Danske Bank Debuts Payment Automation For Corporate Cards

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Danske Bank , the Copenhagen-based retail bank, has partnered with FinTech firm Zenegy to roll out a new method for automating payments made with corporate cards, a report from Crowdfund Insider says. The corporate card is going through a change this year, like many other parts of the business world.

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Singtel, Grab Team Up To Launch Digital Bank In Singapore

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Singtel and Grab are looking to consolidate their powers to create a new digital bank for the people of Singapore, they announced in a press release. Recently, it announced a new ‘GrabPay’ card, a numberless card that can be used to pay for services at nearly 53 million merchants worldwide.