PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. People’s United Bank Links With FIS, MineralTree.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks' embrace of FinTech is often driven by consumers' growing demand for a more seamless and unified experience. Increasingly, treasurers are seeking intelligent solutions augmented by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) — and banks are turning outward to meet those needs. HighRadius & Commerce Bank.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

The twist is, that gap in small business banking innovation led external FinTechs to step in and today, small business banking is a highly competitive, and highly innovative, area of financial services. In India, Visa recently announced a partnership with FinTech Open to introduce new small business banking services.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in immediate, large-scale operational changes for financial institutions (FIs) in the EU, U.K. Brick-and-mortar branches shuttered as social distancing measures were enforced, and customers subsequently turned to mobile apps or websites to fulfill their banking needs rather than risking in-person visits.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Financial services providers that slack on regulatory compliance and fail to safeguard their operations against money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal activities may face damaged reputations and significant fines. Can AI Support Digital Banking’s AML Efforts? . A report found that the U.S. million. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Headlines are filled with reports of service outages and data breaches , and both banks and consumers are contending with rising fraud concerns as digital banking takes off. Fraud threatens everyone, yet customers rely on their banks for protection. The Technology Gap That Fosters Fraudsters.

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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 31, 2019

And that’s where we come to FinTech. As PYMNTS readers know, the role and appeal of FinTech is increasing significantly as consumer demands rapidly change, and technology and regulatory efforts encourage further innovation in digital payments and global transactions. FinTech Partnerships. Whole Ecosystem. “If

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

However, the one missing piece that these automated banking features lack is a real human being to interact with during a transaction. The company’s new technological development is intended to bring back the human component to customer service without relying on actual people. An Oscar-Worthy Banking Solution?

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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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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Now, more than ever, banks must be smarter and faster. Operational innovation is vital in a highly competitive financial services sector, with a new community of digital banks and other firms vying for market share. Drivers for Operational Innovation. People are at the heart of any financial operation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Efforts in the Middle East by banks and other financial institutions to embrace FinTech are on the rise. As reported from Daily News Egypt , a consortium of banks in the region expects a number of FIs, including those in Egypt, to embrace FinTech. Finxact’s own offerings operate in the cloud. “I Outside U.S.

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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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Gonzobanker

MARCH 9, 2022

The unicorns of core banking systems have been running wild the past few weeks, and these frothy deals signal a future shift in how executives should view the world of financial technology. These levels of revenue and EBITDA multiples have never been seen in the history of core banking platforms.

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Insights on Business

APRIL 28, 2017

Traditionally, banking was a conservative industry with relatively high barriers to entry. Banking products and services were defined and controlled by the bank. At the same time, regulators in many countries also have relaxed regulations to encourage innovation in the banking industry.

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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 1, 2019

FinTech is helping to transform daily consumer life in Nigeria and other developing markets. One recent example comes from Kuda, Nigeria’s first digital-only bank with a standalone license. . FairMoney , a consumer micro-lending technology company that operates in Nigeria, raised $11 million in September in a Series A round.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 16, 2017

At the conferences, many a keynote would stand up and say technologies like data aggregation are going to disintermediate the banks from the markets. Well, the aggregators have been out there for 20 years and the banks still have strong client presence in mobile apps, so that was a bit of an over statement, wasn’t it?

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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! Be fascinated by your customers, not your technology. Digital Lift-and-Shift Is Not a Digital Banking Strategy. Respect the data.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is offering as many as five digital banking permits to non-banks to boost competition. Ant Financial is worth around $150 billion, making it one of the most valuable private sector FinTech companies in the world. billion ($1.1 billion) in capital and local control.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

With more and more FinTechs introducing their own banking services, the competition is heating up. Small business lending platform BlueVine is the latest FinTech to take this path, having taken the wraps off of its banking solution this week with the launch of BlueVine Business Banking. Plus, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

In the continued linkups between banks and FinTech upstarts, new markets beckon across various borders. Among the latest examples, N26 , which is a digital-only bank based in Europe, has entered the US market through partnership with Axos Bank in order to offer FDIC insured accounts.

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FICO

MAY 18, 2023

The innovative pay-as-you-go solution allows Dock’s clients, including banks, fintechs, and retailers, to intercept fraudulent transactions and protect their operations, while also improving the user experience. Currently, Dock has 250 clients that use FICO technologies to fight fraud.

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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

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

To tackle this issue, companies are looking to infuse AI with a bit of humanity, help consumers better connect with computer-operated services and offer improved insights. Around the Digital Banking world. Meanwhile, Emma Technologies LTD has celebrated an AI milestone. Can AI help consumers become smarter spenders?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

It may be an open road for open banking as, three years after the rollout of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), bank-FinTech collaborations and new initiatives unlocking bank account data continue to flourish. Visa Launches FinTech Collaboration Initiative In Europe. business customers, the FIs revealed.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Supply chain disruptions and economic volatility have elevated risk exposure for many enterprises, but for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) operating globally, that risk of exposure can be catastrophic. Recovery Through Technology. Digitization of SMB banking has been a key driver of innovation in this arena for recent years.

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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. And London’s digital unicorn Monzo has appointed TS Anil to head up U.S.

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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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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017. Highlighted in the blog are the prominent benefits of blockchain technology, trust and security.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Year-old Citi Fintech, the digital banking sub-brand of Citigroup Inc., That may seem like a long time by startup reckoning, but it’s not so bad for a (gigantic, regulated, global) bank. has launched its first product.

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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. customer impact.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

One of the other markets in which Open Banking and financial innovation will likely explode over the next few years is Singapore, where the central regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), is consolidating plans for further growth.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The ongoing struggle, supposedly existential in nature, that pits upstart, relatively young FinTech firms against arrogantly complacent banks for supremacy in this new and growing world of digital payments and commerce. Trust in Banks. Or, as a recent CNBC article put it, quoting a source, “a mass extinction event.”.

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