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Why The Bank-FinTech Relationship Is More Complicated Than Conflicted

PYMNTS

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. Instead, as PYMNTS has regularly reported, the situation is much less black-and-white than the article suggests.

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Why Legacy Banks Have Mobile App Advantages

PYMNTS

Translating that trust advantage into mobile market share, however, is another matter entirely, as was discussed in a recent PYMNTS interview with Gerhard Oosthuizen, chief technology officer for Entersekt , a South Africa-based FinTech firm that focuses on mobile authentication and app security software. Good UX vs. Security.

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Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes?

PYMNTS

Banks and credit unions are certainly not on their way out, even as they face more pressure from challenger banks, FinTechs and Big Tech in the coming decade. That was one of the main messages from a recent PYMNTS discussion featuring Karen Webster and Vaduvur Bharghavan (he goes by VB), the president and CEO of Ondot Systems.

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FinDEVr Preview: Mifos Initiative

Fintech Labs Insights

Mifos Initiative will present the architectural concept of LibreFinance , an open source application framework for digital financial services, highlighting the two main concepts: Account Management and Transaction Interoperability. Why it’s a must-see: This innovative application framework is built by developers for developers.

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FinovateFall 2015: A Week in Tweets

Fintech Labs Insights

After every Finovate, it’s always fun to re-visit the event through the insight and wit of our community of passionate fintech professionals on Twitter. If you didn’t catch it at #FinovateFall – Xignite & 21 Innovators Join to Launch the #FintechRevolution API Ecosystem [link]. Fair, but firm. Fi5dtVrNbJ.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

The app’s main feature is a dashboard that displays entries for tasks completed, project details, and charts. This FinTech app allows users to invest in a portfolio in their favorite brands or companies (DoorDash, Lululemon, Target, Costco, Amazon, etc.) Bright Paths Project: Plenti. for a set amount each month.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

In each instance, we tore apart the UX and UI of each tool, looked at their growth and revenue numbers, pored through interviews with founders and early employees, researched their public reception, talked to employees, and did our own math. Many fintech companies out there are trying, very literally, to become the next Mint.com.

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