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FHFA announces Office of Financial Technology

CFPB Monitor

On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space. The deadline to submit comments in response to the RFI is October 16, 2022.

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Customer Experience in Financial Services

Celent Banking

These are a handful of the topics discussed at this week’s Customer Experience for Financial Services (CXFS) Conference, organized by Worldwide Business Research in Charlotte, NC. But as one presenter stated, having more VoC channels doesn’t automatically result in a better customer experience.

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Celent Model Bank Awards 2017: Banking Products Innovation

Celent Banking

Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. While some banks are rolling out Open API development portals in response to regulations like PSD2, the Model Bank candidates in this category are using APIs to improve the customer experience.

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Celent Model Bank Awards 2017: Banking Products Innovation

Celent Banking

Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. While some banks are rolling out Open API development portals in response to regulations like PSD2, the Model Bank candidates in this category are using APIs to improve the customer experience.

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Charles Potts: Being comfortable with discomfort

Independent Banker

As ICBA’s chief innovation officer, it’s my job to push the envelope, to make people uncomfortable. Community bankers can, through their leadership and action, change culture and spark innovation in various ways, including: 1. Innovative leaders communicate openly and broadly across an organization. chief innovation officer.

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Why Not All FinTech Providers Are FinTech Firms

PYMNTS

Such is the case in financial services, where “ FinTech ” is often used to describe financial technology vendors. “A A firm that offers financial technology is not necessarily a FinTech,” said Provenir Managing Director Paul Thomas, who thinks the distinction between the two needs to be clearer.

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Banking startup Chime reports it has 8 million customers

Bank Innovation

is part of a fast-growing class of well-funded financial technology startups offering debit cards, checking accounts and other financial […].

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