PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Organizations large and small were forced to migrate to online and cloud-based solutions to keep operations moving, often with significant friction. As CFO, Chana explained his strategy for guiding the enterprise toward a more resilient future through FinTech adoption and a forward-looking viewpoint. The Right Technology Fit.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

FinTech is helping to transform daily consumer life in Nigeria and other developing markets. One recent example comes from Kuda, Nigeria’s first digital-only bank with a standalone license. . Other examples include FairMoney and PalmPay.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, executives of PayPal and Mastercard touted partnerships between financial technology companies and banks as a positive way to gain customers’ trust and innovate new ways for customers to interact with their finances. On Tuesday (Jan.

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Perficient

MAY 5, 2022

Two-plus years later, banks and credit unions continue to feel the pressure to transform their credit and lending operations. Featured categories list companies that provide technology lending solutions and related services to financial institutions and other tech buyers. And for good.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

The twist is, that gap in small business banking innovation led external FinTechs to step in and today, small business banking is a highly competitive, and highly innovative, area of financial services. In India, Visa recently announced a partnership with FinTech Open to introduce new small business banking services. Now, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

These market conditions may not seem ripe for FinTech innovation, but where there are challenges, there are opportunities. Michael Sassoon, CEO of banking and technology firm Sasfin , recently told PYMNTS about some of the country’s biggest hurdles in small business FinServ — and what technology innovators hope to do about them.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Banks have not faced issues in fulfilling their obligations to their various customers, Caldeira said, and technology has not proved a hindrance to meeting demand as businesses and individuals look for increased assistance in navigating a new reality of digitally delivered financial services. For them, the transition has been seamless.”.

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Operational innovation is vital in a highly competitive financial services sector, with a new community of digital banks and other firms vying for market share. Drivers for Operational Innovation. Ongoing conversations between IBM and CFOs over the years have identified key activities that can help progress operational efficiency.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The global advance of open banking initiatives means many consumers’ online platforms are connected to challenger banks and FinTechs that lack the funds necessary to provide robust fraud protection measures. The Technology Gap That Fosters Fraudsters. FIs around the globe are also grappling with faster.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Case in point: as Minna Technologies has noted, the average European consumes has 11 subscriptions in place — and the average household has 21 subscriptions. It’s an important capacity for banks as they compete with FinTechs. Knowing which card pays which subscription, let alone canceling them, can be a pain point.

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Abrigo

JUNE 14, 2017

Many banks and credit unions have found a path to growth via partnerships with fintechs. Technology partners offer much more than just software to banks; a fintech partnership provides delivery channels, convenience, corporate governance , advisory services, and industry data. For example, are your response times slow?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

When it comes to innovation in the credit space — including acquisition, provisioning and engagement in particular, Wain says mobile technology is a game-changer that must be seen as the new normal. “If He uses the friendly, in-person relationships of a credit union as an example. He points to his own kids as an example.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

Providing robust services via mobile channels is especially important now, as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused businesses to operate remotely and consumers to stay at home as much as possible. Such vigilant security means FinTechs must vet new customers and continually review existing ones for changes in their money laundering risk, he said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Efforts in the Middle East by banks and other financial institutions to embrace FinTech are on the rise. As reported from Daily News Egypt , a consortium of banks in the region expects a number of FIs, including those in Egypt, to embrace FinTech. Finxact’s own offerings operate in the cloud. “I Outside U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Financial services providers that slack on regulatory compliance and fail to safeguard their operations against money laundering, terrorist financing and other criminal activities may face damaged reputations and significant fines. A report found that the U.S. imposed a full $23.52 billion and the Middle East levied $9.5 million. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Companies therefore must either invest in teams of AML specialists or in fraud-fighting technologies. . Cannabis delivery platform Eaze Technologies was recently targeted by misconduct allegations as well. Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud. Not all solutions are easy to adopt, however.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

million SMBs operate across the country and account for 64 percent of new jobs. Only 35 percent of such businesses make it past their first decade in operation. A number of technological solutions exist to help them accomplish this, fortunately. Small- to medium-sized ( SMBs ) are the backbone of the American economy: 30.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The delicate balance between bank-FinTech competition and collaboration continues to teeter in the U.S. In a market without Open Banking regulations, FinTechs continue to enter in to the market, collaborating with bank partners to offer their own financial services — which often compete directly with other financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Below, PYMNTS looks at some of the other payments and financial technology companies that are either innovating on top of existing rails or looking to bypass those legacy networks altogether with entirely new solutions. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH. Billhop Eases B2B Card Acceptance. ”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Corporate treasurers have said they’re interested in a slew of cutting-edge FinTech solutions that experts believe will disrupt financial business management. These professionals widely agreed that positive disruption is on the horizon as a result of FinTech.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. That doesn’t mean it’s been easy. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Those market conditions present interesting obstacles and opportunities for everyone in the banking FinTech space. Today, Misys is gearing up for another overhaul that similarly reflects times of flux and progress in banking technology and corporate finance. The company will merge with DH Corp.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Collaboration and not competition, Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos told Karen Webster in a discussion on the recent advancements and updates to Visa’s Fast Track program , is quite evident — particularly when one observes that a number of Visa’s partners are many that, on paper, might appear to be competitors.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Digital payments are prone to chargeback fraud, for example, and financial institutions (FIs) often report difficulties and high costs when updating their legacy systems to accommodate instant payment systems. This puts them at risk of losing customers to more agile FinTechs that lack these issues. billion by 2025, up from $74.4

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017. Highlighted in the blog are the prominent benefits of blockchain technology, trust and security.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Banks and FinTechs are going in on blockchain technology , as two separate reports released earlier this month conclude. Analysis from Corporate Insight and Infosys Finacle say banks and FinTechs are readying increased involvement and investment in distributed ledger technologies.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

Naspers, Africa’s largest company based on market value, is gearing up to spend $1 billion in India in the form of investments focused on the financial technology market. Tencent also operates WeChat, the wildly popular messaging app. Naspers is Tencent’s largest shareholder even after scaling backs its holdings last year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

A report earlier this month from Accenture has estimated that the range of financial sector upstarts — from challenger banks to FinTech firms, to new tech firms coming into financial services — will disrupt top-line growth for entrenched financial institutions (FIs). For banks, the landscape is getting crowded.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The top of any FinTech’s to-do — and to-keep-doing — list. The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. Plugging In To Plugins.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The ongoing struggle, supposedly existential in nature, that pits upstart, relatively young FinTech firms against arrogantly complacent banks for supremacy in this new and growing world of digital payments and commerce. Or, as a recent CNBC article put it, quoting a source, “a mass extinction event.”. The subject? Not So Black-and-White.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

But mobile devices are an increasingly important part of a small business’ financial management strategy, adding another channel on which banks and FinTechs must innovate to disrupt and improve SMB finances. One of the biggest impacts of mobile-based services will be the shift from weekly or monthly processes to operating in real time.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The real estate industry is a popular target for FinTech innovators, particularly when it comes to new services and products that target renters and homeowners. The opportunities of real estate FinTech are vast, and innovation is far from slowing down, according to Ian M. Marlow, CEO of real estate technology firm FitechGelb.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Southeast Asia is now front and center on the world’s FinTech stage, and it’s no accident. Regulatory efforts to promote FinTech innovation, a bustling climate for blockchain and interest from other markets eyeing the region for expansion have all led to Southeast Asia’s impressive standing in this space.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. Look no further than these two examples.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. Banks, of course, cannot ignore the FinTech threat. Competitive Disruption. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2020

With B2B payments being an increasingly attractive target for innovators, the landscape is growing crowded as more banks and FinTechs roll out their accounts payable (AP) automation solutions. At the same time, he explained to PYMNTS, industry collaboration can mean combining banks’ and FinTechs’ biggest strengths.

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