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How to Establish Quality Fintech Partnerships

Abrigo

Components of an effective fintech partnership If leveraging new technology is a priority for your FI, ensure these three elements are present for an effective fintech partnership. . Takeaway 2 When evaluating a fintech partnership, ask how the vendor will help with integration, training, and ongoing success.

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Grab, Sea And Ant Chosen To Receive Digital Banking Licenses In Singapore 

PYMNTS

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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Kuwait Debuts FinTech Sandbox

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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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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

PYMNTS

FinTechs could face these same financial pains as regulators increasingly demand that they follow the compliance rules to which FIs must adhere. The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . A report found that the U.S. million. .

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FinTech Faces Hurdles Making SBA Loans

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FinTech companies have dramatically expanded the reach of traditional lenders, the paper wrote. The SBA’s PPP , part of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act passed by Congress last month, provides forgivable loans to small businesses to help them keep workers on the job. PayPal and Square. .

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Mobile Devices Take On SMB FinTech Functionality, Usability

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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. Today, he explained, small businesses often do the bare minimum to manage finances, despite the rise in FinTech platforms and products available to them.

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The legacy clock is ticking

Chris Skinner

Further to my recent trip to Pakistan Business Recorder (their version of The Financial Times) interviewed me in depth about what is happening in FinTech. Chris Skinner: The world’s leading-edge regulatory bodies are creating lighter regulations than one required for a full banking license.