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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

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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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Credit Unions Unite Behind Digital Banking

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That help is forthcoming, as in the case of the Central Bank of Ireland , which is changing regulations to favor more CU lending with higher limits. There is a sense, however, that CUs themselves bear responsibility for falling behind the digital banking trends that first took hold with consumers.

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How Small FIs’ SMB Lending Journeys Nudge The US Toward Open Banking

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As Mark Rockefeller, co-founder and chief executive officer of small business lending-as-a-service provider StreetShares , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, that pressure to digitize expands to credit unions and community banks in their SMB lending offerings, too, and do it profitably. In the U.S.,

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Canadian Startup KOHO raises C$42m to Expand Banking Services

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KOHO, a Toronto-based digital banking startup, has raised C$42 million (US$31 million) in a Series B round to add new products and services. KOHO, with its millennial friendly aesthetic and messaging, currently offers its users debit cards, personal finance management tools and cashback features.

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Credit Unions? Bid To Bridge The Challenger Bank Perception-vs.-Reality Gap

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And yet, noted Chambers, challenger banks have made progress against CUs, with their formidable competitive weapon: the ability to spend (and even lose) money on new offerings and to tap investor funds as needed. They acquire a lending product, and then a digital banking platform. CUs acquire an account opening platform.

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Top 5 Customer Development Posts of 2022: Digital Banking and Pricing Opti

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Home Blog FICO Top 5 Customer Development Posts of 2022: Digital Banking and Pricing Opti The most popular posts in our Customer Development category dealt with digital banking, optimizing credit line increases, loan pricing and machine learning for credit risk models. What can financial institutions learn from TikTok?

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What the Coronavirus Has Taught Us About Banking Relationships

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While the pandemic, as well as the rapid response, were not scenarios many were prepared for, it has provided a glimpse into what we can expect from our banking relationships moving forward. COVID-19: A springboard to digital banking. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending. Lending & Credit Risk.

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