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How to Establish Quality Fintech Partnerships

Abrigo

Components of an effective fintech partnership If leveraging new technology is a priority for your FI, ensure these three elements are present for an effective fintech partnership. . Takeaway 2 When evaluating a fintech partnership, ask how the vendor will help with integration, training, and ongoing success.

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How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs

PYMNTS

Over the years, that surge in competition gave way to a more collaborative spirit between traditional financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs as both sides worked to digitize and modernize SMB financing. Flexible Technology. What's just as important is to ensure that lending technology is flexible.

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Deutsche Bank: How To Make FI/FinTech Partnerships Work

PYMNTS

It may be conventional wisdom to assume that banks and FinTech firms are on opposite ends of the financial services spectrum, where large, asset-rich, traditional financial institutions (FIs) stand in stark contrast to small, bootstrapped tech upstarts, competing for clients’ attention and spend. The Strategy of Process.

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36 Hours at Fintech Meetup: Three Themes from the Las Vegas Event

Gonzobanker

It happened this week: Fintech Meetup , one of the newer trade events that brought 4,000 or so fintech and banker types to Las Vegas. Xero , an accounting technology provider, now offers a chatbot for small businesses. Some attendees see AI as a real way for fintechs to grow at a reasonable cost structure.

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How to Win Small Business Loans This Year

Abrigo

According to the ABA report, smaller banks tend to lag in technology adoption for lending, which means they have tremendous opportunity to improve the efficiency and profitability of small business loans. With additional automation and new technology, small business loans can continue to be a profitable and worthwhile revenue stream.

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FHFA announces Office of Financial Technology

CFPB Monitor

On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space. It also solicits feedback on how to maximize stakeholder engagement.

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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Further, the competition is not just another bank that might make a loan or take a deposit, but it could be a credit union, insurance company, retail store, or a fintech. Scale, security, and innovation are all linked to better information technology design and implementation.

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