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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.

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OCC Considers Artificial Intelligence an Emerging Risk in Banking

Perficient

This mitigates the risk of customer service representatives providing incorrect information and ensures compliance with regulatory disclosures, ultimately enhancing the overall customer experience while reducing costs.

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Dwolla Partners With Currencycloud On International Payments

PYMNTS

Financial technology company Dwolla has announced it is teaming up with global payments platform Currencycloud so that its clients can facilitate international payments. This partnership allows our customers to get the best of both worlds. Launched in 2012, London-based Currencycloud is regulated in Europe, the U.S.

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Use Technology Vision for Banking as a guide to bolster traditional banking, before it’s too late

Accenture

Storm clouds are gathering over the banking industry in the form of a fragmenting value chain, rapid migration to digital channels, encroaching financial technology firms, and open banking regulations. Waiting until the rains arrived was too late to act.

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Payday Loan Rules Steer Enova To SMBs

PYMNTS

The financial technology and data analytics firm has traditionally focused on the consumer finance space in its lending operations. ” A trio of Enova executives recently jointed PYMNTS in a digital discussion earlier this month about real-time data analytics and its role in improving the customer experience.

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

Perficient

Consumer advocate groups and regulators have also brought forth concerns about the ramifications of BNPL existing outside of the normal credit-reporting system. Some have even gone as far as to label BNPL services as exploitative of young and lower-income people.

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FinTech year in review: What we saw and where we’re going

Insights on Business

Fintech startups have the creativity and agility to develop applications to please these consumers, but playing by the rules of this highly regulated industry costs money and ultimately slows them down. Fostering the financial technology infrastructure of tomorrow. Collaboration is key to building next-generation fintech apps.

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