PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Compliance with financial regulations market-to-market around the globe is increasingly automated yet relies on the same human emotion that undergirds all forms of exchange: trust. In other words, banks and financial institutions (FIs) have an obligation to make sure you are who you claim to be. Seeing’ Identity More Clearly With AI, ML.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—If fintechs want to land a successful partnership with a financial incumbent, understanding the regulatory atmosphere of the industry is crucial, Steve Smith, CEO of Finicity, told Bank Innovation.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Since the beginning of Michael Hsu’s tenure as Acting Comptroller of the Currency, bank/fintech partnerships have been a focus of OCC concern. Mr. Hsu also raised concerns about unknown risks or “nasty surprises” arising out of bank-fintech arrangements. He advised banks to closely monitor risk and compliance in these partnerships.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 11, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – German online lender Kreditech is making its way to India, Bank Innovation has learned. For this expedition, the fintech has teamed up with SaaS banking platform Mambu for providing short-term lending products specifically tailored to local consumers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

As the nation’s traditional financial institutions struggle to cope, alternative lending platforms and other B2B FinTechs are exploring how to put their own technologies to good use. Small businesses, meanwhile, can use the platform to apply online as fewer physical bank branches are available. Funding Circle. Wolters Kluwer.

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Banking Exchange

AUGUST 24, 2020

Colorado may soon witness an influx of new fintech lenders following the conclusion of a long-running legal case Compliance Technology Fair Lending Feature3 Fintech Feature Mobile Online Tech Management Compliance Management Compliance/Regulatory.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The latest Digital Banking Tracker brings research and expert commentary from the FinTech and consumer banking space with a focus on anti-money laundering (AML) and solutions. The Cost of Compliance. Mobile, online and phone channels all have distinct fraud challenges and customer needs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

based online cross-border remittance services provider WorldRemit is one player working to smooth out common speed bumps that slow payments for businesses and individuals alike. Taking Transfers Online. Behind its faster payments strategy is an online-only approach. In a recent interview, Brion Nazzaro, the company’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. At issue is the eCommerce retailer’s parallel responsibility to third-party merchants as an online shopping ecosystem and to itself as a competitor on the platform with rival products. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Luxembourg regulators have given a thumbs-up to the FinTech PingPong , authorizing it to do business as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI). PingPong is truly going global, with compliance and security placed at the heart of everything we do,” added Wang.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. That doesn’t mean it’s been easy. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With it, financial institutions need to strengthen their compliance to mitigate the risk of running afoul of the law. Certainly, the use and availability of cryptocurrencies is another emerging area that is contending with its own unique set of compliance issues, but it is also one Wingert said appears to be closing gaps in regulation.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 24, 2020

We have previously blogged about the lawsuits filed by the Colorado Attorney General against fintechs Avant and Marlette Funding and their partner banks WebBank and Cross River Bank. However, the bank may require the fintech to maintain a deposit account at the bank to secure fintech obligations to the bank, subject to specified limitations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management. Volopay is building out its FinTech platform designed to streamline financial control for businesses. The company recently announced $6.5

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2019

This newfound attention is compelling the biggest names in fintech to prioritize a part of their business that’s often ignored. Several financial-technology companies are looking to staff up in regulatory compliance, according to job posting data reviewed […].

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 27, 2018

Singapore is taking another step towards cementing itself as the top fintech hub in the world. Today the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) said it would speed up the patent granting process for fintechs in the country.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

With the Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) compliance deadline less than four months away, banks are still underprepared. While banks continue to open their application programming interfaces (APIs) to third-party providers and FinTech firms, many are still in the dark when it comes to SCA.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

The Certified Personal Accountant (CPA) today now has a plethora of FinTech solutions they can use to manage their clients’ money, with the number of digital tools — including cloud accounting portals, cash flow forecasting solutions and intelligent technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) — continuing to rise. Changing CPA Roles.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Additionally, a recent survey by FIS shows that 37% of consumers began a new banking relationship with a major national or global bank that had a well-established online portal in the past 12 months. 18% of these consumers opened an account with an online-only direct bank. Benefits of FinTech partnerships.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2017

Fintech got a fresh flush of capital this week, with some old favorites joining newer names all with innovations in big data, e-commerce software, compliance, and many more. Here are the Top 4 fintech funding rounds of the week: MissFresh e-commerce Beijing-based MissFresh e-commerce ‘s equity rose sharply with its Read More.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 24, 2018

While some banks and fintech view each other as competitors, that’s not always the case. In fact, there have been a number of significant bank-fintech partnerships this year. What follows is a list of four alliances that the Bank Innovation staff found most interesting.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Singapore Signs On With FinTech Firms. In Singapore, news came this week that the country will open up its real-time payment system to FinTech firms. The movement to open that FinTech access, said the minister, brings “greater convenience to consumers” as those individuals use their eWallets. In The Middle East.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

In Africa, the biggest private bank in Kenya, CBA, has cemented a partnership with a FinTech there, Ennovative Capital, a Kenyan firm that licenses software to boost payments speeds. Financing is done through online and web platforms, with instant access to cash. The tech is licensed by a U.S. firm , PrimeRevenue.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

wants to apply the old way of regulation to the fintech firms that are becoming the new norm for financial services. Fintech has started to permeate the [global] economy in one way or another—fintech Read More. With an anticipated wave of de-regulation, neither the U.S. nor the U.K. Could regtech be the solution?

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The man was struggling to pay his bills, and an online lender had offered him a personal loan to pay off some 10 credit cards. Lara Briehl had a desperate client who was itching to accept an offer. Accepting, he thought, would help him escape crushing debt. The interest rate offered, however, was about 10 […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

When PYMNTS asked cross-border payments experts at the end of last year what they thought the driving trend would be for the industry in 2018, the consensus was all about collaboration , particularly between banks and FinTech firms. “The modern-day client expects a seamless transaction experience,” he said.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 14, 2017

Compliance, insurance, and workflow solutions: these are the most interesting areas for a seed-stage fintech investor right now. Chris Fortunato, principal at KEC Ventures, named compliance and insurance as two of his biggest current focuses during Bank Innovation’s “For the Love of Fintech” meetup yesterday.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Moving ahead, authorized institutions are able to set limits of their own when it comes to FinTech driven decisions aided by technology. As reported, the Banking Made Easy Initiative traces its genesis to last year and had sought in part to minimize “regulatory frictions” encountered in onboarding and online finance activities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3 Cashflo said it aims to create India’s largest invoice discounting online marketplace and will use the funding to expand its product offering and grow its team. Aspire Financial Technologies.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 14, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Should banks acquire or partner with smaller, more agile fintechs? Well, that depends if the end goal of the bank is to further financial innovation, Derrick Walton, EVP of global financial networks for Hyperwallet, told Bank Innovation.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 31, 2018

It’s good news for fintechs in lending and payments that want a federal banking license, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has started accepting applications starting today. The fintech charter does not require deposit insurance from the FDIC, per a recommendation from the Treasury Department.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2017

When it comes to fintech, artificial intelligence has a seemingly endless range of possibilities to transform present systems, so long as the AI system that is applied is constructed with the correct values Read More. AI systems may be getting smarter with the ever-expanding flow of data, but are they also getting more ethical?

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Mizuho Financial Group , the Japanese financial company, is gearing up to launch a venture in June to create new businesses with FinTech. If we try to pursue business innovation within the bank, we have to ask around for permission from people in risk management, compliance and others. It takes forever,” said the executive.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its third cohort of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 3 of INV Fintech: CoverHero is an intelligent insurance roboadvisor that helps users manage, understand, and buy […].

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

BNY Mellon is on the hunt for fintech partnerships related to popular technologies like blockchain, data analytics, and AI, but also those related to more obscure technologies like natural language generation, Lucien Foster, head of digital partnerships at BNY, told Bank Innovation. “We We explore all technologies,” Foster said. “We

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE — With government-backed initiatives and a finite business of copper export, Nathan Lustig, co-founder and managing partner at Magma Partners, saw huge potential in the Chilean fintech market. Additionally, […].

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