PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

While large consumer-facing fintech companies like Square, Klarna, Affirm and others tout speed and efficiency of their user experiences, card issuing and processing startup Marqeta‘s technology supports their payment capabilities, with its APIs allowing […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Though commercial card innovation has recently hit an acceleration point, there is still plenty of room for progress. Power took one key friction point of the small business (SMB) credit card market to task. “Basics like credit card terms, and benefits and services, are the lowest-scoring factors in our study.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

The collaboration promises to accelerate Mastercard Labs, the financial services company’s research and development arm that is dedicated to bringing payment solutions to market quicker. The goal for Mastercard going forward, he said, is to determine how to expand its reach worldwide, into places where card products haven’t been before. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

PYMNTS’ Credit Union Innovation Index found that CU members may not prioritize the latest technologies as much as bank and FinTech customers do, but they still value easy-to-use mobile apps and online capabilities. SAFE has been delivering on-demand experiences since 2016, when it launched a targeted marketing function on its mobile app.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Banks, FinTechs and small business solution providers have rallied around the effort to ease the digitization transition. Nikita Melnikovs , member of the board at card payments technology company DECTA , told PYMNTS in a recent interview that for many SMBs, the most obvious first step to the online migration may not actually be the best one.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

based FinTech specializing in facilitating payments for small business accountancy firms, is partnering with BIN (bank account identification number) sponsor Moorwand to further streamline the payments experience for accountants and bookkeepers. We’re excited to be a part of bringing a better user experience to an underserved market.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

European FinTech Revolut, which recently debuted in the U.S. with an app and debit card, is expanding its range of services into the realm of cryptocurrency trading with a big assist from Paxos. We’re proud to offer financial market infrastructure that supports an open, digital financial future.”. Revolut made its U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

Often, these smaller FIs are inundated with projects that are specific to the legacy products they have offered to the market, said Davis. Though there has been an increasing spirit of cooperation between FinTechs and traditional FIs, there’s still a lot of ground to cover. Davis told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

This new software expands the user experience and expands digital capabilities of ATMs,” said Frank Hauck , president and general manager, NCR Corporation , in a statement. “In NCR says its new, next-generation ATM also offers contactless card support, an increasingly important service amid ongoing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

LendingClub makes unsecured personal loans to consumers, mostly to consolidate and pay off credit card debt and more recently to refinance auto loans. Tech and a great user experience alone didn’t turn out to be a great way to sidestep the merits of using good, old-fashioned credit, risk and lending models to do it.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

has been instrumental through the Competition and Markets authority (CMA) in creating an enabling environment through setting a common standard for nine retail banks. And using this payment method could help save merchants money, given the high cost of card payments. API Aggregation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Small businesses, particularly those launched by younger entrepreneurs, are often assumed to be a key driver of B2B FinTech innovation as business owners seek sophisticated, automated technologies to run their businesses. One of the biggest lessons would perhaps come as a surprise to many in the SMB FinTech space.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Visa and Natixis Payments have launched Xpollens, a complete white label “Payments in a Box” service for retailers, corporations and Fintechs. Xpollens helps organizations integrate the whole range of payment services, from cards to instant payments, according to a press release. However, offering new payments services is complex.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

While FinTech innovation has opened up the doors for small- to medium-sized businesses ( SMBs ) to access more sophisticated solutions to manage money, software fatigue has business owners overwhelmed by a barrage of siloed systems. And according to Ronny Yakov , CEO of The OLB Group , QuickBooks is often an ideal place to start.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

corporate expense management solutions provider Fraedom , which was recently acquired by Visa , will be providing its commercial card technology to U.S.-based “Our new suite of commercial card services will enable them to achieve enhanced operational efficiencies and help ease customers’ day-to-day needs.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

may be the world’s hotbed for challenger banks, but it’s not the only market witnessing a surge in bank competition and industry evolution as a result of FinTech pressure. While the company may be operating in a different market than the U.K., Europe, U.S. and other areas where open banking initiatives are taking off. “In

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

“I am very excited to unveil our new brand, which captures our ambition and capability as both FinTech and travel tech specialists. “A seamless user experience in all digital channels is vital,” said Stephane Druet, head of marketing and product strategy at CellPoint Digital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Building What The Market Needs Now. After all, an ACH and a check are the same thing, operationally – minus the inconvenient, inefficient paper or the fees associated with using cards. “I think [companies] have realized they can run their businesses more efficiently using digital payments,” Harris said. “If I think it's here to stay.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the open banking business model permeates into the B2B financial services market, FinTechs and traditional financial institutions continue to find new use cases for API integrations and connectivity to elevate the business-user experience. In the latest demonstration of FinTech-to-FinTech integration, U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Banking as a Service (BaaS) is poised to change the end user experience of corporates as they navigate the daily challenges of cash flow management, supply chain activity and the need to become digital-first. So far, corporate banking users are always left out in the cold.” The accounts are to be held by Evolve Bank & Trust.

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NCR

MAY 25, 2016

The disruption caused recently by the emergence of a wide range of new financial technology (Fintech) players has been a huge jolt for the banking sector, and reminded traditional players that they cannot afford to be complacent in the face of these competitors. The key theme behind many of these new developments is the notion of convenience.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In recent weeks, a number of financial institutions and FinTech providers have begun testing, introducing or adding upgrades to voice navigation functionalities for their banking customers. Santander went with the former, while FinTech startup D3 Banking recently unveiled an intelligent voice banking interface. In the latter camp, U.K.

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NCR

JANUARY 17, 2017

Given the prevalence of financial services across the globe – in both emerging and developed markets – the disruption opportunity for fintech startups is massive. As fintech startups battle it out to get their share of the business, the drive for innovation is spreading well beyond traditional tech hubs and basic banking products.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

A small test market could be ground zero for seismic changes in commerce and payments — and now possibly for cryptos. This nascent market comes complete with incentives in place to get commerce via crypto more widely adopted, as consumers want to actually buy things with digital coins. It’s a self-proclaimed blockchain city.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 17, 2020

In the soon to be released What’s Going On In Banking study, Cornerstone ’s Ron Shevlin shows that both bank and credit union execs are most fearful of big tech (Amazon Prime, Venmo, Apple Card) primarily because of their great data reach and ability to drive customer experience. Experian recently reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

-based Emerging Payments Association (EPA) published a report on the impact of SCA on the payments experience, and found that 75 percent of issuers said they would be ready by the Sept. Nearly three-fourths (74 percent) of issuers expect SCA to lead initially to a decline in user experience. 14 deadline. What Are the Issues?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That can be easier said than done, of course, but in a new PYMNTS discussion with Karen Webster, Laurin Nabuko Hainy, founder and CEO at FairMoney , gave a tour of the emerging payments landscape in Nigeria and offered lessons that can be applied to other developing markets. That’s not all. There is no Pan-African digital bank,” Hainy said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

What’s driving all of our corporate demand and financial institution demand for instant payments is improving the user experience to meet consumer expectations,” Edwards explained, adding that the FinTechs in Silicon Valley have created the expectation that all of the consumer’s inbound and outbound payments are easy, safe and frictionless.

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Celent Banking

JULY 22, 2016

At Celent, we have been talking about the "battle of rails" in payments, i.e. between pull-based payments running on the cards infrastructure, and push-based payments, such as Zapp, built on top of new faster/ real-time payment networks. As I discussed in another recent blog , Visa controls 97% of the debit card market in the UK.

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FICO

MAY 18, 2023

The innovative pay-as-you-go solution allows Dock’s clients, including banks, fintechs, and retailers, to intercept fraudulent transactions and protect their operations, while also improving the user experience. You can read more about this story in the full media release. FICO® Falcon® Fraud Manager which protects more than 2.6

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Conventional wisdom seems to hold that challenger banks will eat traditional financial institutions’ collective lunch in the race for deposits, for checking, even for credit cards. That agility is in evidence with the speed at which tech-focused players bring new products and services to market, said Cohen. Call it the paycheck test.

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NCR

MARCH 27, 2018

As the gradual transition towards open banking gathers pace around the world, New Zealand is the latest market to take significant steps forward with pilots of application programming interfaces ( APIs ). The country will test two API standards: account information and payment initiation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

With the recent launch of the Apple Card , Apple has sent a signal that they seek to offer a better user experience than banks. In fact, their slogan for the card is “Created by Apple, Not a Bank?.” And the card is no longer just a payment instrument; it’s more than the card itself.”.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 6, 2021

Topping their list of complaints: speed to market/pace of new improvements (or lack thereof) and integration challenges. Transformation is a high-cost, high-benefit, high-risk enterprise initiative that has the potential to make an institution nimble, improve its customer and user experiences, and realize advanced process efficiency.

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CB Insights

MARCH 8, 2018

Banks in Fintech: what’s ahead in 2018. Join us for data-driven look at how major banks are approaching fintech investments and taking on insurgents. We define challenger banks as fintech companies leveraging technology and software to digitize and streamline retail banking. First Name. customers since 2014.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Squeezed out of tried-and-true methods of card fraud (thanks in no small part to EMV), the fraudsters are eyeing how to interfere with the money that firms legitimately send in the course of normal, daily business life. Elsewhere, FinTech and crypto, as they come to market, offer up new avenues of fraud, and scrutiny by the good guys.

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