Bank Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2017

Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge. These cities boast strong tech communities, talent pools, good coffee, and cheaper rents.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. A Consolidating Industry. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The innovation of fintech is not limited to retail banking, according to the UK Investment Association, which today said it would launch an accelerator for fintech starts focused on AI, ML, DLT technologies in the asset management sector. Investment Association is a 240-member community.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? The report included several recommendations for banks, FinTechs and other financial services players — guidelines to establish an industry-driven framework for governing the system and encourage further research and investment in emerging financial technologies.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. Liu pointed out that the online database of the aforementioned state licensing and FinTech guidance will go live later in 2019.

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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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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 7, 2019

Automation is the theme that best describes Chesapeake Bank’s innovation roadmap for 2019, Kevin Wood, managing director of the state-chartered community bank’s business lending division, Cash Flow, told Bank Innovation. “One

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 19, 2018

Finastra, which was formed from the union of Misys and D+H, and calls itself the world’s third largest fintech company in the world, has acquired American software company Malauzai in an attempt to strengthen its foothold in the American banking market.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2018

The fintech is partnering with community bank, INTRUST Bank for this purpose, the companies announced yesterday. Small business lending platform Funding Circle will be working with a traditional lender to fund loans on its platform.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. Many fintech venture funds are gaining steam in the industry, and AOBA was a fertile ground to attract new investor commitments.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

They want to know their money is secure, they want to have a positive experience whether they are online or talking to a teller, and when things go wrong from time to time, they want to know the path to getting them set back to rights is short and straight. “It That is, if they choose the right FinTech. For example, 49.1

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Bank Innovation

MAY 26, 2017

This episode of Breaking Banks focuses on the fintech landscape of Ireland, a country establishing itself as an international hub for many startups within the industry.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

Rubio said the program would particularly aid minority-owned businesses and low-income communities. Barrons: Online Lender Kabbage Shopping for Buyers. FinTech Kabbage could be seeking a sale , and in doing so, could look to garner up to $1 billion. American Express Expands BNPL Options for Cardholders. Trackers and Reports.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

The pandemic has accelerated the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, giving rise to more innovation in the past few months than had been seen over the course of several years. He noted that P2P payment volume moving across Zelle exploded, taking mere weeks to top what had previously been annual volumes.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based The report, entitled “The Economic Benefits of Online Lending to Small Businesses and the U.S. communities.”. billion in 2015.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

South African FinTech Peach Payments announced on Wednesday (Oct. The three-year-old startup, which facilitates online and mobile payments in emerging markets, confirmed it is processing more than R1-billion in transactions per year. 5) plans to expand its business to Kenya and Nigeria.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether through the use of online marketplaces or proprietary supplier portals, B2B sellers embraced the opportunity to connect with business customers online, while buyers reciprocated by sourcing, procuring and paying for goods the way they do in their personal lives. The Rise of the Marketplace. Embedded Finance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) have been scrambling to bring these services to web and mobile channels in response, and are partnering with FinTechs to make these changes as quickly as possible. A recent survey of bank consumers found that online account openings at community banks have increased by 14.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Singapore’s FinTech scene is booming: Funding for the burgeoning sector in the island country topped nearly a billion dollars in 2017, reaching $983.6 million in funding for FinTechs at the time. Singapore overtook Hong Kong in FinTech funding in 2016. million that year. Hong Kong, by comparison, saw $596.8

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

While businesses have more sources of capital than ever before, from bank loans to initial coin offerings to alternative online investments, experts are urging small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to take a strategic approach to their fundraising efforts — often by combining a variety of funding sources to mitigate risk. Flutterwave.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Indian FinTech unicorn Razorpay is expanding the breadth of its B2B offerings through a new platform it's calling an app store that will connect customers with third-party companies, financial news site Mint reported. For years, there has been more innovation happening on the consumer side, than for businesses,” he said.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Cambr, a cloud-based platform powered by investment firm StoneCastle and digital banking software provider Q2 Holdings, is helping neo-banks and fintechs launch and scale up through a network of 850 community banks.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Bank executives from community banks and credit unions are not meeting the demands of their SMB customer as well as they think they are, according to a recent report. The PACE Report, an annual report released by FIS on how well banks are meeting their customer demands, found that 76% of community bank executives feel […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking’s Big Digital Shift? The pandemic has sped up the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, providing for more innovation in the last few months than had been seen during several years.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

Banks and FinTech companies have a complicated history. While traditional banks offer a more established and tested set of products, the offerings of newer FinTech companies — such as real-time data, streamlined payments and quick notifications — are helping these new players encroach on banks’ territories. Why the tension?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

ICBA Bancard, the payments services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), announced a new partnership with MK Decision (MK) for its online loan-origination system. Our mission — to stimulate local borrowing and local lending — is well aligned with ICBA Bancard and its community bank clients.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

As the financial services space focuses on digitizing offerings for their small business customers, much of these efforts are targeting online banking portals accessed via desktop. Today, he explained, small businesses often do the bare minimum to manage finances, despite the rise in FinTech platforms and products available to them.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking has partnered with Demica , a working capital FinTech, to roll out a new supply chain finance platform for U.K. businesses and their suppliers, as well as help corporate treasurers and the vibrant community of SMEs they work with to better manage and enhance their working capital.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

While some firms are adjusting the assembly lines of their manufacturing warehouses to produce much needed personal protective equipment, FinTechs have found themselves in a different position to provide valuable assistance. Easing The PPP Loan Burden. Prioritizing B2B Payments Digitization. ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. The rise of FinTech offers a bit of a prism through which to view those events. The trigger for the look back has of course has been the Sept. Behind the Numbers .

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. We spoke with two community banks that have ramped up their services to meet—and exceed—the changing expectations of customers. Community banks are constantly looking to the future and identifying what customers want. By William Atkinson.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Together, Visa and Razer FinTech have the opportunity to transform the payments experience for not only the gaming community, but many of Southeast Asia’s unbanked and underserved consumers as well,” said Chris Clark, Visa’s regional president for Asia Pacific. The region is also the home to more than 213 million millennials.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We’re gearing up for Smarter Bank LIVE , and your 325+ RSVP responses to our upcoming online event make one thing clear: You want your bank to become more than the branch next door. According to Cornerstone Advisors research, 47% of consumer checking accounts opened in 2023 are at fintech companies or online banks (not traditional banks).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Small businesses have landed at the center of B2B FinTechs’ and financial service providers’ latest collaborative efforts. In this week’s roundup of open banking initiatives and bank-FinTech tie-ups, PYMNTS finds a renewed push to strengthen SMB banking experiences including financing, account management and more.

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