Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Luge Capital, a fintech venture capital firm based in Toronto and Montreal, serves a growing ecosystem of startups north of the border. This week, it closed a C$85 milion ($65 million) fund for fintech and AI solutions.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 14, 2019

European fintech companies raised $3.3 When Swedish banking firm Klarna became Europe’s most valuable financial technology startup last week, it was only the latest sign that digital finance has escaped the troubles afflicting legacy lenders. Its latest fundraising gave Klarna, which facilitates online installment payments, a $5.5

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 20, 2020

Singapore is becoming a haven for e-commerce companies looking to get into banking in Asian markets. In 2019, the Monetary Authority of Singapore announced it would issue three digital wholesale bank licenses and two digital full bank licenses, challenging Singapore’s legacy financial institutions, CNBC reported.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Small business lending company OnDeck is expanding its ecosystem of products. Through its application for a bank charter, the company wants to become a full-service digital bank for small businesses it says are overlooked by traditional banks.

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BankInovation

JUNE 25, 2020

A recently launched fintech consortium in Greater Sacramento is already generating partnerships between local technology providers and financial institutions.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

There were a handful of prominent staffing shuffles in August within the banking and fintech space, as the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic begins to settle in the U.S. Payments companies Stripe and PayPal have tapped executives from incumbents while fintechs specializing in underwriting bolstered their executive teams.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 12, 2020

Fintech startups looking to upend how Americans do their banking are facing their first major test as interest rates fall and fearful consumers seek safety at traditional banks. mobile payments companies founded after the 2008 financial crisis, and digital banks including Chime Inc. Square Inc. and Stripe Inc.,

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BankInovation

AUGUST 7, 2020

At the start of the year, Bank Innovation predicted, “if 2019 was the year of the challenger bank, 2020 will be the year payments companies move closer to bank territory.” But as 2020 would have it, not much is what it seemed at the beginning of the year, with the coronavirus pandemic disrupting the fintech […].

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2020

The Toronto-based firm, which recently closed its second fintech fund — valued at $320 million — focuses on direct-to-consumer fintech startups, as well as financial infrastructure companies. It has been on pace […].

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2020

grew into one of the world’s most valuable financial companies by serving as the pipes that help connect banks and merchants. billion for Plaid, a fintech firm that connects popular apps […]. Now, it’s making a major bet on doing the same for data between banks and financial startups. Visa agreed to pay $5.3

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 7, 2020

In a year of major fintech acquisitions, SoFi today announced a $1.2 Together with Galileo, we will partner to build on our companies’ strengths to drive even greater financial technology innovation, making those products and […].

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BankInovation

JULY 29, 2020

This year continues to see major fintech acquisitions. Enova International announced yesterday it will acquire the small business lending fintech OnDeck for “approximately $90 million” in a deal the companies expect to close this year. In a year that has seen major deals like Visa acquiring Plaid for $5.3

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Bank Innovation is pleased to announce today the launch of the Emerging Fintech Directory, a database that houses hundreds of engaging and emerging fintech startups. The directory will […].

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2020

Payitoff, a white-label platform that provides automated guidance on student loan repayment, won the 2020 Bank Innovation Ignite DEMOvation contest. With the win, Payitoff has been awarded an advertising package on Bank Innovation worth $10,000. Rodrigo Suarez, principal of INV Fintech, moderated the startup pitch competition. “We

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

To build on these successes, ICBA announced plans to bring the ThinkTECH Accelerator program in-house with a new, dedicated office based in the innovation hub of Atlanta. Here are just a few of the program’s successes since its inception: The ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator was named Finovate’s 2020 Best Fintech Accelerator.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The road to differentiation among fintech startups entered a new phase this week: patenting technology to put a brand’s stamp on it forever. Movencorp is the parent company for direct-to-consumer outfit Moven and its business-to-business entity Moven Enterprise.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A company that operates quietly in the background of popular financial apps and platforms is taking steps to become more visible.

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The Financial Brand

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

BaaS' is redefining when and where all types of companies provide financial services. The post Banking-as-a-Service Sharply Alters the Roles of Banks and Fintechs appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights. There are huge implications for legacy institutions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

For several years, upstart challengers, rather than traditional banks, have been pushing a wide range of tech-powered financial innovations aimed at addressing the needs of consumers and companies alike. High tech comes with high costs, and nearly 90 percent of banks say they lose revenue due to the price of FinTech innovation.

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The Financial Brand

JUNE 1, 2021

The company that began as an 'anti-bank' student loan refinancer wants to be the center of people's financial lives (and may soon be a bank). The post What SoFi’s Rise From Niche Fintech to One-Stop-Shop Means for Banking appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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BankInovation

JUNE 29, 2020

After two years of collaborating on a blockchain application to digitize and automate the FX forwards and contract process, the two companies are slated to enter […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

It [pushed] us at Key to build a design center that we never had before. … [It] pushes us to buy … and acquire technology companies,” he said. What I think these FinTechs can do is focus on one area. Legacy banks should have strategies to work with challenger banks and FinTechs, as well as compete with or even acquire them, he added.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

The Tracker also analyzes the challenges established FIs are facing to innovate their platforms and why these banks must fundamentally shift their innovation strategies to meet these challenges. Developments Around The Cloud Banking World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Yes, there are more solutions available, and yes, new FinTechs are emerging to challenge the status quo and entice traditional banks to innovate. Phalen pointed to one financial institution partner of Visa that recently exemplified how FIs have made drastic changes in their payments innovation strategies.

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The Financial Brand

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Buying a technology company can speed innovation while improving a bank''s or credit union''s bottom line. Innovation Strategies Technology Strategies A.T. Kearney M&A'

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2017

A recent report from SurveyMonkey , a cloud-based survey development company, found that 80 percent of millennials said they want the option to visit a bank branch in person. With mobile banking technology on the rise, it has seemingly become more important than ever for banks to stay on top of the latest digital innovations.

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BankInovation

JULY 31, 2020

Varo Money officially announced today it is shedding the “banking startup” title, as the company has finally received its banking charter after a three-year journey. Whether more fintechs will follow suit remains to be seen. “A

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 23, 2020

Bank Innovation has hand-selected 10 companies to participate in its DEMOvation Challenge at Bank Innovation Ignite, which runs from March 2-3 in Seattle. The competing companies are listed below.

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Insights on Business

APRIL 5, 2018

As the financial services industry continues to be disrupted by smaller, agile fintech startups, long-established financial institutions are looking for ways to keep pace. Public company filings. Emerging companies tinkering with differed data and tools sets: Developing and testing new business models. Commodity and energy.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Smaller banks and credit unions are under increasing pressure from larger banks and tech-centric financial services companies. New data shows why significant gaps in mobile banking capabilities are complicating these FIs’ struggles to keep up.

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BankInovation

AUGUST 4, 2020

An evolving competitive landscape of banking and fintech has prompted TD Bank to create a new role dedicated to commercial products and innovation, tapping a digital banking industry veteran to join the bank’s ranks. Jo Jagadish is 90 days into her new tenure at TD, the company announced last week, stepping in as the head […].

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Casey Christopher, Chief Empowerment Officer at Quontic Bank (NY, $835mm), and Brooke Ybarra, VP of Innovation Strategy at the ABA, provided bankers with a working knowledge of the current regulatory environment and how each technology works. He made an interesting point – “boring companies pay a premium.”

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 18, 2016

A look at the companies demoing live to 1,500+ fintech professionals on September 8 & 9, 2016. The GainX Innovation Strategy Management platform enables FSIs to adapt, innovate, and commercialize repeatedly. Get greater ROI on innovation spend and sustained competitive advantage in the market.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 9, 2016

A look at the companies demoing live to 1,500+ fintech professionals on September 8 & 9, 2016. Justin is the co-founder and COO of SaleMove, prior to which he was a strategy consultant for Accenture, working on growth and innovation strategy. Register today. Features: Increase conversions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 24, 2017

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateEurope on the 7 and 8 of February 2017 in London. The GainX Innovation Strategy Management AI platform enables FSIs to adapt, innovate, and commercialize repeatedly. Its end-to-end ISM solution eliminates the complexity of enterprise innovation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 26, 2016

. “From incubating SAP’s supplier relationship management business to driving significant growth through innovation strategies, she has time and again proven her leadership and marketing savvy,” Bru said. Before working with SAP, Holzapfel did strategic marketing at The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Traditionally, banks manage the features and user experiences of their clients’ solutions, but corporate customers are beginning to seek greater accountability for their innovation strategies. All our customers — corporates, startups, FinTechs — could consume the same API.” .

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