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The Finanser’s Week: 25th June – 2nd July 2017

Chris Skinner

This week’s main blog headlines are … How we travel today will change massively tomorrow I was chatting with a friend about what he’s up to these days. He started talking earnestly about looking up his family ancestry. With the internet these days, you can quickly find your grandparents, great grandparents, great-great grandparents and even your birth mother.

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Visa And Interswitch Partner To Speed Up Mobile Payments

PYMNTS

Visa, the credit card company, and Interswitch, Africa’s integrated payments and transaction solutions company, announced news on Friday (June 30) that they will partner to accelerate mobile payments adoption across the region. In a press release, the companies said the partnership will see Visa and Interswitch upgrade the digital banking applications of leading banks to include mVisa, as well as enable more merchants to accept mVisa payments.

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FinTech Week in Review: Anniversaries and Foundations

Let's Talk Payments

This week’s introduction is integrated with the first article. Consider it a small homage to the power of an integrated product. We have Apple to thank for a decade of.

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Fandango Celebrates Addition Of Android Pay With Discount This Month

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Fandango is celebrating the addition of Android Pay at checkout with a special discount for moviegoers this month. According to news from 9to5Google , Google regularly works with partners to offer up deals for Android Pay users, such as first free delivery or discounts on their orders, as an incentive to use the service. This month, Fandango and Google are offering a promo code that gives anyone using Android Pay a $3 discount on any movie ticket(s) — just in time to catch some of this summe

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Digital Transformation: Accelerating ROI and Growth in Commercial Lending

Now is the time for lenders to prioritize their digital transformation initiatives in preparation for the lending rebound. Rising competition and ever-increasing customer demands for speed and efficiency are forcing financial institutions to embrace digital transformation. This shift can feel overwhelming—where do you begin? This infographic illustrates automation demands and shows you how loan document automation serves as an essential step to increase profits and provide the best lending exper

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Costlier metal EMV cards may be worth their weight in retention

Payments Source

An influx of metal credit cards continues, with Capital One now encasing its popular Venture travel Visa card in metal, raising new questions about whether the marketing impact of such cards offsets their cost to manufacture—and reissue in the event of a data breach.

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Major adoption means it's time to double down on mobile payments

Payments Source

Led by Starbucks and Apple's mobile payment apps, there's a boom underway and retailers need to act fast to avoid being left behind.

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Investors Look For Stocks That Won’t Be Hurt By Amazon

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Amazon’s disruptive nature, which has left retail stocks in the doldrums, is prompting fund managers to pinpoint areas that won’t be hurt by the eCommerce giant down the road. According to a news report in Reuters , some of the areas that fund managers don’t think Amazon will have an impact in include restaurant chains, recreation vehicle makers and sellers of products that are too heavy for Amazon to ship.

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PFS, Moneymailme to provide prepaid cards

The Paypers

(The Paypers) Moneymailme and Prepaid Financial Services (PFS) have partnered to provide Moneymailme’s users with physical and virtual prepaid cards.

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Things worth reading: 3rd July 2017

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … Ex-FCA enforcer McDermott joins board of new bank lobby group Can the Bank get Britain to kick its cheap credit habit? China’s $9tn bond market opens up to foreign investors Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui opens Frankfurt office to avoid Brexit ‘disruption’ City of London ‘to press EU for post-Brexit deal’ The Trump era of light-touch regulation dawns US bank CEOs earn up to three times more than rivals.

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The State of Automation in Financial Services 2024 Report

In this report, you’ll find a comprehensive analysis of survey responses from executives at banks, credit unions, and insurance companies concerning their organization’s current and future use of automation. The report’s key insights include: Which types of automation are saving organizations the most time and money How to overcome the biggest barriers to automation implementation and adoption Why automation investments will continue to grow over the next few years How much you could save in 202

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Canadian Amex customers can add cards to Android Pay

The Paypers

(The Paypers) American Express has announced the availability of Android Pay for its Canadian card holders.

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