PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) is introducing an open banking policy to advance digital innovation in the financial services sector. Aside from providing banking customers in the Kingdom with a way to securely manage and share financial data, open banking will also give people access to custom products and services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Miami-based FinTech ClassWallet has grown its classroom expense management offering to help with the requirements of custodial and maintenance workers in primary and secondary schools, according to a Monday (Jan. The tool also gives full management to facilities managers and eliminates paperwork, according to the announcement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

In this week's roundup of bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives, Citi embraces the unlocking of account data to third-party FinTechs, while WEX weighs in on opportunity for banks to take advantage of partnerships. Plus, one FinTech offers a new spin on the open banking model to drive financial inclusion.

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Fintech Data User Experience Innovation 308

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Head Keith Grose and Innovate Finance CEO Charlotte Crosswell told Karen Webster as part of a recent PYMNTS TV session on London’s FinTech environment, in partnership with London & Partners, the official international trade, investment and promotion agency for London. When we were looking to expand outside of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

What makes the current developments so interesting and exciting is that “we're just seeing that they're at the end of the innovation growth cycle,” he explained. All of these new FinTechs and digital innovators are changing the landscape as the role of payments rapidly shifts in the broader financial services arena.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. According to the results, banks argue that innovation, not just regulation, is behind the wheel of progress. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

That unit serves thousands of big companies and governments across the globe, managing $4 trillion in flows each day. He has already driven tech innovation at Citigroup, pushing for the creation of Citi Smart Match, a tool created in conjunction with High Radius, one of the bank’s FinTech partners.

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Tools Payments User Experience Innovation 179

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms. Square Links Up With Handshake.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The real estate industry is a popular target for FinTech innovators, particularly when it comes to new services and products that target renters and homeowners. The opportunities of real estate FinTech are vast, and innovation is far from slowing down, according to Ian M. Back-Office Innovation.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Demand for digital solutions continues to accelerate, making innovation an imperative for community banks looking to excel in today’s evolving market. That’s why ICBA makes innovation a priority and provides community banks with the information and tools necessary to grow and succeed in today’s competitive landscape.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks' embrace of FinTech is often driven by consumers' growing demand for a more seamless and unified experience. This week's look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives finds treasury management in the spotlight. But corporates can benefit from industry collaboration, too. Tink & Enel X.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The seed of FinTech innovation often comes from a desire to do things differently. But as finance and payments tech expands, these traditional FIs are learning that perhaps the best way to meet the demands of their corporate clients isn’t to compete with FinTech innovators but to collaborate with them.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

In this research note, I share elements of the complexity of the asset manager selection process and look into whether Fintechs have developed tools to improve this process. Even though its initial reception was not successful,… Read more Cherry picking investment managers: a nascent Fintech area.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2020

In a week that saw the coronavirus pandemic amplify in the United States, the fintech sector continued to weather economic dislocation and uncertainty. But even amid this uncertainty, fintech companies began formulating strategies to help banking and consumers emerge from the crisis with better tools and solutions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Technology may be enabling automation in small business (SMB) accounting and financial management, but rather than cutting out the need for human accountants in the field, this tech disruption is supporting a change in the profession. This means that in the SMB FinServ space, there is a significant market opportunity to target the accountant.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 9, 2020

Challenger banks are finding their educational and budgeting tools increasingly relevant as the novel coronavirus rattles the economy.? We push money management tools people can […].

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Fintech Tools Management Customer Experience 259

PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. Build, buy or partner? Finastra Chosen by Community FI.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

It’s really difficult, the banking ecosystem is not fast and that’s just reality,” Jim McCarthy, industry expert and former innovation head for Visa, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. The Headwinds Creating The Innovations Gap . According to the latest edition of the Innovation Readiness report, only 22.3

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BankBazaar

JULY 31, 2023

Blast from the Past: The Birth of BankBazaar Back in 2008, the fintech revolution in India was truly revolutionised with the founding of BankBazaar by Adhil Shetty, Arjun Shetty, and Rati Shetty in the vibrant city of Chennai. Bid farewell to stacks of paperwork and lengthy verification processes! Kumar , Kerala 3. “A

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

based Metro Bank has begun piloting a new corporate expense management solution in partnership with Canadian FinTech Sensibill , a press release said Wednesday (Dec. Metro Bank is building a suite of compelling tools that will help transform the small business banking experience in the U.K.,”

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Metro Management Data Innovation 130

PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Bank-FinTech collaborations have emerged as a viable, lucrative growth path for both sides of these partnerships. For FinTechs, the deals mean access to a broader range of customers through well-established industry names. For FinTechs, the deals mean access to a broader range of customers through well-established industry names.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The round was led by a strategic investment from Medalist Partners, a New York-based alternative credit manager. With the new funding, Finexio is looking at continuing to streamline and optimize the last mile of the corporate accounts payable process.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2020

There will also be receipt managing sub-accounts for tax purposes, and other such perks. Community banks have been working to innovate through collaborations with FinTechs. PYMNTS reported that those kinds of partnerships can often be faster than the bank innovating on its own.

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Tools Community Bank Community Taxes 168

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

In FinTech and FI collaborations , borders fall to bits and bytes. On FinTech collaboration writ large, Singapore and Dubai are working together to encourage strides in digital payments and commerce done by mobile means. The goal is to deliver financial services through emerging technology, said the entities. APIs: Making Inroads.

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Fintech Big Data Tools Management 161

PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Though having a choice in financing products is vital for small and medium-sized businesses to manage their cash flow, not all tools are the right fit for every business. Some of the old rules still apply, but there are new tools to help us seize the opportunity.” A Digitization Push.

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Innovation Tools Strategy Management 135

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Accounting, consultancy and technology firm Crowe is rolling out a new solution designed for hospitals to automate daily bank reconciliation processes and manage cash flow, the company said in a recent announcement. The financial services sector is promoting innovation in the area of healthcare financial management.

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Management Tools Taxes System 184

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

They expect mobile integration, rewards, spend management tools — and perhaps most importantly, they expect card transactions to feel instant and seamless, regardless of the platform or marketplace on which they occur. Yet, consumers want credit cards to do much more today than they did in the early days of the industry.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

And yet, some industry experts have observed that AI is not yet being used to its full advantage in vendor management—one of the thornier problems that community banks are wrestling with today. If a community bank has just a handful of vendors, managing those vendors is fairly straightforward. AI and innovation.

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Management Community Bank Community Data 91

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

The banking industry faces many day-to-day business challenges, including competition with digitally native FinTechs and the ubiquitous social distancing restrictions brought on by the pandemic. This means fraudsters who manage to hijack just one of these customers’ accounts can access others with ease.

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Security Innovation Fraud Study 213

Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2018

challenger bank Metro Bank could extend its AI-driven money management tool Insights, designed for its retail side, to its business customers. Formed in partnership with Israeli AI company Personetics, Metro Bank is currently preparing to roll out Insights in beta over the summer.

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Metro Tools Retail Management 199

PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Though not the busiest week in B2B venture capital funding, investors presented a clear preference for corporate expense management and B2B eCommerce, with additional funding going toward logistics and small business banking firms for a total of $203.5 Targeting the freelancer and small business space, FinTech startup Sensibill announced $31.5

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Tools Capital Management Technology 160

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Renaldo Adler , industry principal of asset management for Trimble Transportation, said the new ideas are intended to bolster services for the new COVID-19-based environment for businesses. "As That will allow for better information on repairs and help them spot maintenance trends across their vehicle base.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

With corporate travel still on pause, commercial card innovation has taken a different direction. This week’s look at the latest initiatives explores how FinTechs are wielding the corporate card in ways other than business trips, from accessing credit for accounts payable to financing employee lunches.

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Cards Innovation Tools Capital 131

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Corporate treasurers have said they’re interested in a slew of cutting-edge FinTech solutions that experts believe will disrupt financial business management. These professionals widely agreed that positive disruption is on the horizon as a result of FinTech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Grab Financial Group, a Southeast Asian FinTech, said it notched $300 million in a funding round. South Korean asset management firm Hanwha Asset Management headed up the round. Saudi Arabia’s Open Banking Plan Aims To Advance Digital Innovation. Grab Financial Group Raises $300 Million For Expanded Finance Solutions.

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Innovation Policies Groups Payments 138

PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2017

The B2B payments industry is finally beginning to hustle when it comes to technological innovation. And as traditional financial institutions (FI) begin to recognize the value of collaborating with FinTechs, these banks can similarly shake their reputation for being innovation laggards and promote B2B payments progress while they’re at it. .

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