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NEW REPORT: How Banks Are Driving API-First Strategies

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New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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What SMBs’ Cash-Flow Crisis Means For Fintech

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Download the free report for all the details. Most alternative lenders, such as BlueVine , and the algorithms their lending decisions rely on are a post-2008 phenomenon. As a result, many fintech lenders will see their lending algorithms stress-tested for the first time. LENDING MARKETPLACES CAN SHOWcase THEIR UTILITY.

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Why Digital Marketplaces Must Anticipate Shoppers’ Needs

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Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK , for instance, is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms Dana Cita, Aktivaku and Findaya. Mallzee has just over a million downloads of its mobile app, according to reports.

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Report: Data Key To Credit Union Member Retention

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For more on these and other credit union news items, download this month’s Tracker. Financial technology continues to grow more sophisticated, but many of these innovations are solely for the large banks and FinTechs that can afford them. How California Coast Credit Union is Transforming in the Digital Age.

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William Mills Agency Issues Bankers as Buyers Report Which Explores Technology Decisions and Forces Impacting Innovation in 2018

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Key areas of focus include:1) the impending war for talent; 2) shift to back-office or banker technologies; 3) gap in resources between large and small financial institutions; and 4) how service professionals could be the big winner this year. Please download the full report [link]. Branch Technologies. Talent Wars.

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Why Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations

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The report included several recommendations for banks, FinTechs and other financial services players — guidelines to establish an industry-driven framework for governing the system and encourage further research and investment in emerging financial technologies. The lending environment is changing so rapidly,” Giorgio said.

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Canadian Fintech Market Map

CB Insights

Download the CB Insights and PwC Canada MoneyTree report to see all the data. Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. or (2) leverage technology to provide lending products directly to end-users. Real estate.

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