PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

In today’s top payments news, JPMorgan blocks FinTechs from accessing customers’ passwords, and Ant Financial and Razer throw their hats into the ring for one of Singapore’s five available digital banking licenses. Plus, Indonesia is planning to implement flat-rate fees for certain digital wallet transactions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

One study recently determined that the number of digital banking users is expected to exceed 3.6 billion by 2024, and a separate study suggested that many customers were willing to use FinTechs as well as their primary banks to receive the level of technological support they desired.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

With more financial institutions (FIs) turning to external third-party FinTechs to strengthen their small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and corporate offerings, the collaboration model is proliferating across national borders. Temenos offers a core banking platform for FIs that includes deposit account and lending capabilities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

It was a busy week for commerce and payments, as consumers are harnessing connected devices for digital-first shopping and firms are looking to harness tools to speed up business-to-business (B2B) disbursements and payments. The PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news at the end of another busy work week.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

These shifts have made digital banking and debit transactions more important than ever. The Next-Gen Debit Tracker® explores how the COVID-19 outbreak is impacting commerce and banking, as well as accelerating uptake of digital services and payment tools. Pandemic Puts Digital Banking in the Spotlight.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis continues to upend the economy, including even the world of digital banking. As previously reported in this space, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, announced its intention to issue five digital banking licenses last year. That was before the pandemic hit.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Pat Kelly , chief digital officer of First Horizon Bank, said it was important to provide clients with "a fast, easy and intuitive digital banking experience," for which NCR fit the profile. Plus, leveraging the cloud to deploy digital banking has allowed us to introduce updates more often and innovate faster.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Daylight , the first digital bank for the LGBT+ community, just went live in a Nov. Daylight is just the latest member of Visa’s Fast Track program, an initiative that provides FinTechs looking to get off the ground with a bank sponsor and external payments processor. They need to get an external processor.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

And while PYMNTS’ latest Provider Ranking of Digital Banking Apps shows consistency at the top, brands are vying for position in the new digital banking boom. Endurance is a word that could describe the latest Provider Ranking of Digital Banking Apps Top Five. 7 by Ally Bank. The Top 10.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

With its losses mounting, the London-based digital bank may need to tap into its corporate reserves to keep up with its expansion plans. Revolut attributed the losses to its expansion into new markets and the introduction of new products. The FinTech has since expanded to offer business banking.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: Implications from LendingClub’s acquisition of Radius Bank; How Ally’s acquisition of the non-prime lender CardWorks boosts the bank’s long-term plans; and The launch of digital banking startup Level […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

The bank-FinTech collaboration model is often about wielding digital-native FinTech solutions to fit within bank offerings. Kabbage Steps Into Banking. Our answer to the question ‘FinTech or bank’ is: ‘FinTech AND bank.'”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

4) chose four firms to receive digital banking licenses, including “digital full bank” licenses for Singapore-based Sea Ltd. to receive “digital wholesale bank” licenses. to receive “digital wholesale bank” licenses. MAS expects the new digital banks to commence operations in early 2022.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Ukrainian financial institution UKRSIBBANK is collaborating with Sweden-based FinTech upstart Dreams, while Oportun Financial is pursuing a national bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Ukrainian Bank Partners With Swedish FinTech.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In today’s top payments news, Wells Fargo has selected former Santander head executive Scott Powell to be its new chief operating officer. Also, Visa is working with four global finance firms to help FinTechs issue plastic as well as digital payments. New Visa Alliances Help FinTechs Launch Payments Solutions.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Airwallex Taps Deutsche Bank. In another bank-FinTech tie-up, J.P.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Head Keith Grose and Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell told Karen Webster as part of a recent PYMNTS TV session on London’s FinTech environment, in partnership with London & Partners, the official international trade, investment and promotion agency for London. The New Normal. Grose noted that Plaid entered the U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The push toward digital banking seems an inexorable one, with the technology and demographics acting as tailwinds, and where governments have increasingly gotten into the act of promoting digital banks (the pure-play kind) and making forays into bits and bytes, where once paper and face-to-face transactions reigned.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And with a nod toward what might be in the crosshairs, Dimon said that acquisitions would be somewhere within financial services and technology, and decidedly not in traditional banking (read: checking and deposits). Melding financial services and technology yields, of course, FinTech.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

To be the bank, buy the bank. Earlier this week, a FinTech took the leap into the full spectrum of financial services, perhaps paving the way for future mashups. The $185 cash and stock deal would bring an online bank with $1.4 The $185 cash and stock deal would bring an online bank with $1.4

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As large banks and FinTechs worldwide wrestle over data-sharing, JPMorgan Chase & Co has reportedly set a mid-summer deadline for FinTechs to ink new data access agreements. FinTech firms will be prevented from accessing client data by July 30, except if they ink the deals, Reuters reported Thursday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2018

But even as more consumers use mobile and online banking apps than ever before, they are frustrated by the experience when they log on, and still prefer visiting a bank branch for more involved transactions. . Around the Digital Banking World. Fintech sector as a whole brought in just £1.7

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BankInovation

MARCH 15, 2022

Citi Commercial Bank, which operates under the umbrella of the $2.3 trillion CitiGroup, plans to expand digital capabilities for its international commercial banking, Mark Sugden, Citi Commercial Bank global head of digital client experience, told Bank Automation News. “To To […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

BankMobile, BBVA USA, BMO Harris, The Coastal Community Bank, First Independence Bank (a federally designated minority depository institution) and SEFCU will join Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union in the offering beginning next year. “We 3) in announcing the bank’s agreement with Google. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Hackers boasting that they have “cracked” some of the hashed passwords stolen from digital banking aggregator Dave may be one of the most disturbing elements to emerge from the cyberheist that exposed the private information of millions of users, a top expert notes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Plus, Lloyds Bank partners with a FinTech to streamline supply chain finance, Expensemanager collaborates to automate expense management and Xendoo pairs up on accounts receivable optimization. Lloyds Bank, Demica Team up for SCF Digital Onboarding. businesses and affiliates, a press release says.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

Hong Kong has issued its first digital banking licenses, in a move toward strengthening the city’s financial sector, according to reports. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) gave the licenses to three outfits: the first went to Livi VB, a joint venture between the Bank of China (Hong Kong), JD Digits and Jardines.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

BBVA USA is collaborating with Google to offer consumers a digital bank account through Google Pay. The Alabama-based bank holding company said the partnership is key to its strategy? of growing the bank throughout the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, the government of the Philippines is considering limiting the number of digital banks that run in the country, while Ripple introduced its Line of Credit beta offering. Philippine Government Considers Digital Bank Limits.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The digital banking industry is heating up — and fast. As a result, these capabilities are evaluated, and in turn, each company ranks in one of two categories — Business to Consumer and Business to Business — depending if the provider offers direct bank-to-customer services or digital banking solutions for banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

In late June, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) sent a ripple through the global financial services ecosystem with the announcement of its intention to issue five digital bank licenses to eligible applicants. Only two of the licenses will full digital banking licenses, while the other three will be wholesale banking licenses.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. however, funding for FinTechs actually increased to $3.7 B2B FinTech investments appear to be relatively strong, too. As an FDIC insured bank in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

From competitors to collaborators, the FinTech boom introduced a field of opportunity for traditional financial institutions to team up with an industry newcomer to become more agile and modern with their own product offerings. On the other hand,” he added, “the pandemic doesn’t just spare FinTechs. Financing Burdens.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

Yet another business consortium vies for a lucrative, wholesale digital banking license, according to reports. Research companies predict for the digital lending market in Southeast Asia to more than quadruple to $110 billion in the next five years. Other companies include Razer, Grab Holdings and Ant Financial.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). As previously reported, Saudi Arabia has trained sights on FinTech as well, specifically in Riyadh.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Where once the marquee names in tech (and no shortage of FinTechs) jockeyed for primary banking services relationships, an increasing number of partnerships are now taking shape. To that end, BBVA was one of six banks that said on Monday (Aug.

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