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It’s Dreadful Being a Buyer of Bank Technology

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As technology buyers, banking executives need to up their game on tech purchases and technology performance management. For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. The war for talent makes all this more difficult. The record low 3.6%

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Fintech bank announces preliminary OCC approval of national bank charter

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announced they have been granted preliminary approval by the OCC of their application to form a de novo national bank, which they claim “put[s] Varo on track to become the first all-mobile national bank in the history of the United States.”. In a press release , the organizers of Varo Bank, N.A.

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Today In Payments Around The World: Mynt Lands $175 Million In Funding; Airtel Teams With Amazon On Video

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Plus, the United Kingdom and the European Union are set to begin discussions on financial services sector regulation now that Brexit has been affected. Airtel runs throughout 18 nations in Africa and South Asia with a mobile network that covers over two billion individuals. 26, according to the report.

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AI, Security And Loosened Rules: How The US Wants To Boost FinTech

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Loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape, could help promote FinTech in the United States, according to report released Tuesday (July 31) by the U.S. financial technology efforts. Treasury Department.

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VCs And SPACs Raise $1B+ To Invest In Cloud, AI And More Despite Pandemic

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Company Co-Founder and Partner Dana Settle told Bloomberg that Greycroft plans to use the fresh funds to invest in retail-oriented businesses, although it's also interested in working with health technology, financial technology and grocery-related businesses. Salesforce Ventures .

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FinTech Firms On The New FinTech Charter

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Getting bogged down in a maze or taking unnecessary risks — the current climate for FinTech in the United States often leaves players with only those two stark choices, according to Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , which describes itself as a “cloud-based utility” that enables payment system interoperability.

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Phillips 66 Partners With WEX For Exclusive Multi-Year Private Label Extension 

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We’re proud to deepen our relationship with Phillips 66 and to leverage its powerful market presence, which has expanded nationally over the last few years,” said Jay Collins, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Small Business and Channel Partnerships at WEX in a press release.