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Fostering FinTech-FI Trust With Data-Driven Security

PYMNTS

Financial Institutions (FIs) that adopt open banking allow third parties like FinTechs to integrate with their application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide personalized financial management and payment apps that draw on bank customers’ data. We need to manage risk appropriately, but open banking is a good thing,” Davies said.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Fall Festivities

Gonzobanker

Core connectivity and API providers CFM and NXTsoft merged, acquiring document workflow provider IMM and rebranding as Kinective. Alogent acquired document imaging and tracking solution provider AccuSystems. Core10 secured a Series B funding round led by Patriot Financial Partners with JAM FINTOP and the ICBA.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

Gonzobanker

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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Tighten up your community bank’s security

Independent Banker

ICBA’s Bank Security Institute offers critical incident response strategies to keep your physical branch location safe. However, it’s important not to let your community bank’s physical security protocols lapse. In August, ICBA hosted the Bank Security Institute. Look out for the next Bank Security Institute, coming soon.

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How PSD2 And Open Banking Impact Security

PYMNTS

The greater availability of data gives financial institutions (FIs) and FinTech firms alike insight into customers’ behaviors, habits and preferences, allowing them to develop more effective tools, products and features. While these initiatives are spurring more focused financial services innovations, they also come with challenges.

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Banks Flock To Trade Finance FinTechs

PYMNTS

trillion gap in global trade finance — continues to be used as a driver of FinTech innovation as technology startups look for ways to address friction in global trade financing. That could mean digitizing documents, integrating data across business partners, or accelerating the movement of funds across borders. ADCB And dltledgers.

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How FIs And FinTechs Are Expanding The Credit Card Paradigm

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What’s more, all of this must be accomplished in complex regulatory and security environments, with the omnipresent threats of hacking and fraud. One of the technological trends we examine is the instant-issue digital credit cards, which can be securely provisioned to a smartphone within seconds after an applicant is approved.

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