PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The FinTech Capify has pulled in an additional $10 million in an equity round of funding and is banking on continued support from the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division for its lending platform, which is geared to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Capify is an online alternative lender that serves SMBs in the U.K.

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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

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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to square away increasing consumer use of online channels with their privacy and banking standards. The ongoing pandemic has caused many regulators in the MENA region to examine the digital and open banking infrastructure they have in place.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2019

The banking regulator in Hong Kong has issued an additional four online-only banking licenses to Ping An, Alibaba, mobile phone maker Xiaomi and a joint venture (JV) consisting of Tencent, ICBC and Hillhouse Capital. Insight Fintech is a JV with Xiaomi and investment bank AMTD Group. Expect fireworks.”.

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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

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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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2017

Community banks can also play the fintech game. BankMobile — the digital bank, formerly a division of Customers Bancorp Inc. — was acquired by Flagship, a Florida-based community bank, for $175 million. “We We are no longer a partner or a division of […].

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. of bankers are either strongly interested in or already working with fintechs in digital account opening. Matt Gallman, Drummond Community Bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

In the July Digital-First Banking Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of digital-first banking, including the long-lasting effects brought on by the pandemic, the shifting attitudes surrounding ATM use, and how the digital banking development field is reaping dividends from the financial industry’s sea change.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Collaboration and not competition, Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos told Karen Webster in a discussion on the recent advancements and updates to Visa’s Fast Track program , is quite evident — particularly when one observes that a number of Visa’s partners are many that, on paper, might appear to be competitors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

A new Singaporean digital bank formed in a joint venture between Grab Holdings Inc. The new digital bank is coming about after the joint venture won one of two licenses for full digital banks awarded last week (Dec. and Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. 4) by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

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Insights on Business

APRIL 28, 2017

As a result, many new, all-digital financial services firms, unencumbered by older, less flexible systems are aggressively pursuing customers by addressing their needs in new and distinct ways. There are interesting characteristics both in the new entrants and in the more established digital banks.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Not even a month has passed since Julie Demarigny, a veteran in digital entertainment industry having served Warner Bros. and Sony Music, has joined West Coast focused Union Bank as its head of digital banking.

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FICO

JANUARY 11, 2022

Last year we published a highly successful The 11 Commandments of Digital Banking eBook that introduced the 11 commandments: Digital lift-and-shift is not a strategy! In addition to a new blog post that will be published monthly over 5 months, we are also excited to launch the following event: LinkedIn Live on Digital Banking.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Orange, the French telecom company, is gearing up to launch an online banking service in an effort to diversify its revenue. According to news from Reuters, the company plans on launching the online banking service on Nov. They also see it as an opportunity to compete against traditional lenders, noted the report.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

A tech upstart – a FinTech, no less – breaking even in 2020? We’re being a bit tongue in cheek, but the fact remains that digital-only banking is getting a wider embrace – especially in Europe, as the pandemic surges yet again. banking license. Diversification remains key – toward operating profits, beyond the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

It’s not that banks don’t want to go more digital and mobile, he said. The problem often stems from the environment in which they are operating — one that can put the brakes on innovation, even when innovation is key to thriving. Traditional financial institutions are not exactly known for their agility,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

COVID-19 has forced many CUs to limit their brick-and-mortar hours of operation or close their branches completely, leaving CU members to rely primarily — and sometimes exclusively — on their CUs’ digital banking options. So, how can credit unions work to stand out from their competitors when every bank is digital-first?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

India is yet another market in which Open Banking and security regulations are taking a foothold, with the country’s parliament issuing another draft of its proposed Personal Data Protection Bill. The bill proposes several changes to how online data can be used and stored, as well as the level of access end consumers have to this data.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Moving to cloud-supported infrastructure is one way these banks could shore up their products and keep customer interactions seamless. Banks looking to make this shift must consider that these systems, as well as the data that underpins them, operate in fundamentally different ways than traditional banking operations.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Moreover, PSCU’s SVP of Product Denise Stevens told PYMNTS in a recent interview, credit union operators can feel the direction the digital winds are blowing. The right first step forward is often a step back, Stevens noted, so operators can see beyond the individual projects to the total experiences they are trying to construct.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

“Consumers are now leaning heavily on digital banking to meet their financial needs. Banking app downloads have increased 60 percent since the pandemic became widespread, with banking app revenue growing 17 percent,” according to PYMNTS’ May 2020 Digital-First Banking Tracker® , a collaboration with NCR.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

As the financial services space focuses on digitizing offerings for their small business customers, much of these efforts are targeting online banking portals accessed via desktop. One of the biggest impacts of mobile-based services will be the shift from weekly or monthly processes to operating in real time. ”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The pandemic has cost more than 300,000 lives in the United States alone, and it has also challenged many institutions — such as credit unions (CUs) — that were never designed to operate on a primarily remote basis. Deep Dive: Where CUs Are Making Digital Headway, And Where They Can Do Better.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Grab , Razer , AirAsia , Axiata and CIMB join other companies that are considering applying for digital banking licenses in Malaysia, sources told Reuters on Wednesday (Jan. Some are in discussions with consultants for guidance as they ponder a move into digital banking, according to the sources, who are familiar with the matter.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

European wealth management FinTech Raisin is planning to roll out in the U.S. Raisin will license Choice FS’ software to banks in the U.S., Banks will be able to offer the new solutions directly to their own customers or use Raisin’s platform to reach all potential retail consumers. platform,” said Raisin U.S. CEO Paul Knodel.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

In just a few recent examples: Bank of America said this past week that active mobile banking users rose 6 percent to 30.8 Active digital banking users likewise grew 3 percent to 39.3 Citigroup said that per its latest results, mobile users of Citi banking services are up 95 percent year on year.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. The bank […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Among them is how banks and FIs that had moved some or all operations to cloud environments fared better. Cloud systems built on robust SQL databases for mission-critical workloads are among the instructive topics covered in the July Digital Banks And The Power Of The Cloud Tracker®. FIs, Big Tech And The Cloud.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 28, 2016

Last week we looked at a group of fintech companies spanning the world with a suite of Series B rounds. Feeling out of place? The five startups below may have the frontier know-how you need. This week the common denominator lies in the oddball assistance needed by entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors Read More.

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Accenture

JUNE 17, 2019

Guest bloggers Ben Lopez and Charlie Arthy continue their series on achieving simplified, future-ready bank operations. . To optimize and simplify their operations for agility to capture opportunities driven by market change. To optimize and simplify their operations for agility to capture opportunities driven by market change.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are still struggling to respond to the rise in digital banking adoption spurred by the pandemic. The increase in digital banking use has also breathed new life into the discussions surrounding the technology FIs are employing to make sure they can offer this level of support.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

Gaming company Razer is going after a Singapore digital banking license, along with China’s largest online monetary platform Ant Financial , according to reports on Wednesday (Jan. Razer FinTech will own a 60 percent majority stake Razer Youth Bank, which will be headquartered in Singapore. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Ant Group, the online payment service affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, is looking to go public as early as this year, Reuters reported. . In January, Ant began discussions with banks to resurrect plans for an IPO that was shelved over a year ago due to regulatory and profitability issues.

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