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The Future Of FIs Is About Flexible Innovation

PYMNTS

The rise of FinTechs in the last decade – and the millions of customers they’ve siphoned away from mainstream financial institutions (FIs) – has changed the landscape for banks. Innovation is no longer optional – it’s table stakes to stay in the game. Some FIs are ready to innovate, and some aren’t. The New Core Competencies.

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So You Want to Be a Venture Capitalist: Best Practices for Community Banks Investing in Fintech Startups

Gonzobanker

Fintech startups looking for funding in 2023 are finding that it isn’t as easy as it was a few years ago. According to CB Insights, fintech funding in the U.S. According to Cornerstone Advisors’ What’s Going On in Banking 2023 study, there are about 500 community banks and credit unions making direct investments into fintech startups.

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How One Nevada Credit Union Secures Its Self-Service Innovations

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Credit unions (CUs) are performing well as the new decade dawns, with a recent study finding that CUs increased their loan originations by 29 percent from Q4 2018 to Q4 2019. Though still strong, this industry growth has slowed in recent years, with another survey finding that total loans only increased by 6.6 percent in 2019, compared to 10.5

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Financial Services: The Next Generation … where is it?

Chris Skinner

I’ve blogged about how I see leadership in the developing (developed now) economies of China and India, and the new innovation models of emerging economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not quite in the way in which I see them now. For these reasons, I see the Fintech in China and India as demonstrating growth economies characteristics.

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Thawing the frozen middle (how to change the bank)

Chris Skinner

I sometimes think I’m too harsh on the financial community, with my continual banter about core systems change, lack of digital leadership, inability to see how critical digital is to their future and the impact FinTech is making on global financial structures.

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Conference Alert: New Fintech Event to Focus on AI (duh!)

Fintech Labs Insights

In the fintech space, only Fintech Meetup , launched in 2021, has reached critical mass this decade. Last week’s event in Las Vegas attracted a self-reported 4,000 attendees and was the talk of the fintech pods and Substacks the last few weeks. The pandemic slowed the introduction of new events.

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CFOs Shift Away From The Stereotype

PYMNTS

The nation is embracing faster payments and FinTech innovation, while the market is being shaped by everything from the payments Modernization initiative of Payments Canada to the legalization of marijuana. Canada’s financial services market is counting itself among the ranks of the transformative ones of the world.