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FDIC and Duke University announce fintech research conference

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This Wednesday April 24th, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative will host a conference titled “ Fintech and the Future of Banking ” in Arlington, Virginia.

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Southeast Asia B2B FinTech Keeps VC Wheels Turning

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Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. however, funding for FinTechs actually increased to $3.7 B2B FinTech investments appear to be relatively strong, too. As an FDIC insured bank in the U.S.,

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Federal Reserve publishes paper on bank/fintech partnerships

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Last week, the Federal Reserve Board published a paper on partnerships between community banks and fintech companies, “Community Bank Access to Innovation through Partnerships.” The Fed’s publication of the paper is another indication of the increased attention that regulators are paying to bank relationships with fintechs.

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FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking?s Big Digital Shift?

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The pandemic has accelerated the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, giving rise to more innovation in the past few months than had been seen over the course of several years. HMBradley offers FDIC-insured accounts through Hatch Bank based in California, and rates of about 3 percent on its savings accounts.

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CSBS withdraws lawsuit seeking to block OCC approval of Figure Technologies charter application

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federal district court in December 2020 seeking to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. The lawsuit represented the CSBS’s third challenge to the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies or to uninsured deposit-taking fintechs.

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Why The Bank-FinTech Relationship Is More Complicated Than Conflicted

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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. And that is a bank – one with FDIC insurance and safeguards that keep their money safe. Trust in Banks. Why is that?

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Evolve Taps i2c To Power Custom Banking Products For FinTechs

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announced that it is partnering with Evolve Bank & Trust , an FDIC-insured financial services organization, to offer a full suite of customizable credit, debit, prepaid and DDA products. Its partnership with ic2 will include the latest innovations in credit cards, prepaid cards, debit cards, and a host of core-banking solutions.

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