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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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the rise of large and nimble fintechs like PayPal and Stripe, banks have started evaluating their legacy core systems and, as a result, many have taken to core-overhauling in some form or another. This is a massive project," Ed Page, managing director at Protiviti, a technology consulting firm for FIs, told Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The European Central Bank (ECB) has plans to independently investigate an incident that affected its TARGET2 real-time gross settlement system on Oct. It is owned and operated by the Eurosystem and allows bank submissions from central banks and commercial banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

In addition, Central JD Fintech is introducing the Dolfin wallet in Asia , and AMS Public Transport Holdings Limited along with AlipayHK is launching a minibus mobile payment system also in Asia. The system integrates payment processing with a point of sale (POS) for merchants operating online and in physical stores.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa confirmed this week that it is partnering with Circle Internet Financial, which operates the digital currency U.S. CardUp Mixes Rails To Enable Card Payments.

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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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Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2017

2017 was a tumultuous year, but despite some stops and starts, innovation in finance is only gaining more momentum.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 7, 2024

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. For example, Jerry, an automotive app company, has a testing system that Spottiswood said saves hundreds of different questions with acceptable responses from the large language model (LLM).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Those challenges have made SMBs notoriously technology-adverse, though it may be an unfair characterization, particularly considering the influx of small business FinTech innovation in recent years. “And a lot of the innovation is coming at the early stage.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Envoy operates a blockchain platform built with R3’s Corda, with a focus on streamlining financial processes in the global trade space — including facilitating payments via tokenization technology. Transparent Systems. The $13 million raised for U.K.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. Companies then, of course, have the operational side of the costs and the associated headcount. FinTechs, such as Modo, handle the technology and the data security issues.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

In this week’s Commander in Chief series, PYMNTS talks with mobile capture and identity verification company Mitek Systems ’ CEO James DeBello about what moves the ball for the mobile industry. He also offers advice for how to innovate in the field. PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why?

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Investors don’t need to wait for Initial Coin Offerings to reach their full potential: this way of raising capital is already redefining how businesses in certain markets can operate, Taynaah Reis, CEO for cooperative banking system company Moeda told Bank Innovation.

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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. Banks must confront numerous fraud threats when they operate digitally, and some of the most pervasive are forms of identity fraud.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

Realtime payments are at the top of the innovation wish list for most banking professionals. According to a survey from TD Bank, released today, 42% of payment professionals cited integration of realtime payments system as the number one factor that could have the greatest impact on the industry.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

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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Bank Innovation

MARCH 30, 2018

Banks need to update their legacy systems and modernize their technology, no surprise there. But just how many operational leaders at banks think their institution’s survival depends on it? That would be 79% of operations leaders in North America banks, according to a recent report by Accenture. That’s four out of five banks.

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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

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. Liu pointed out that the online database of the aforementioned state licensing and FinTech guidance will go live later in 2019.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Two years of tracking by the Innovation Readiness Playbooks has clearly demonstrated that financial institutions (FIs) of all sizes are interested in innovating – and avidly looking to invest in the initiatives that delight their customers. Some players are innovating, but most seem unable to bridge the gap.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The provision of licenses to several players will help support innovation and competition as all parties work to increase their customer base,” Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele said in a speech in Abuja on Friday. FinTech is helping to transform daily consumer life in Nigeria and other developing markets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

More than 10,000 financial institutions (FIs) around the world are implementing or exploring open banking , an emerging trend in the financial industry that allows banks and FinTechs to freely share their data, encouraging collaboration and the development of new customer-facing services. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Navigating the sheer multitude of options and matching information across several companies’ systems can be challenging. The following Deep Dive further explores how paper-based methods can result in processing delays and how new, cutting-edge payment innovations can drive accounts payable (AP) automation. Manual processing challenges.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

It’s a statement borne out by the new Credit Union Innovation Playbook , a PYMNTS/ PSCU collaboration. They very naturally want to see those types of innovations incorporated into their banking relationships. Collaborating with FinTechs could be a an excellent way to level up their offerings to the consumer. For example, 49.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

South Korean FinTech startup Viva Republica , creator of the financial services platform Toss, was granted preliminary approval for a digital banking license from the Financial Services Commission of Korea , a Monday (Dec. Since its launch in 2015, Toss has become the only FinTech unicorn in Korea. 16) press release indicated.

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APRIL 12, 2019

But FinTechs and financial institutions are increasingly crafting partnerships designed to help them both thrive in this global world of digital payment and commerce. More specifically, in Australia, contactless presents itself as a very promising area around which to build such partnerships and innovation. Different Timetables.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

Banks and FinTech companies have a complicated history. While traditional banks offer a more established and tested set of products, the offerings of newer FinTech companies — such as real-time data, streamlined payments and quick notifications — are helping these new players encroach on banks’ territories. Why the tension?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Credit unions (CUs) face stiff competition from banks, FinTech firms and other players in the financial industry, but they have several intrinsic advantages. The total number of CUs in operation declined from 6,743 in 2015 to 5,390 as of 2019, but the total number of CU members increased over the course of the decade from 89.3

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

While there has been some innovation in wage payment mechanisms as more employers shift away from the paper check toward direct deposit and payroll cards, little has changed about the timing of those payments. ACH Innovation Breaks The Mold. financial system: a new normal is headed our way. Balancing Employer-Employee Needs.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. Many fintech venture funds are gaining steam in the industry, and AOBA was a fertile ground to attract new investor commitments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

In August’s The FI’s Guide To Modernizing Digital Payments , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of payments modernization, including record numbers of digital payment users in India, high demand for instant payments from corporates as well as consumers, and emerging competition from FinTechs and challenger banks. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

As FinTechs eye growth, and look to gain scale by providing more “mainstream” financial services, might those plans hit a speed bump when it comes to the infrastructure needed to bring products to the masses? I am concerned that FinTech will be the source of the next crisis.”. In Asia, Examining Cross-Border FinTech.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Digital payments are prone to chargeback fraud, for example, and financial institutions (FIs) often report difficulties and high costs when updating their legacy systems to accommodate instant payment systems. This puts them at risk of losing customers to more agile FinTechs that lack these issues. billion by 2025, up from $74.4

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

DNB, banking group Eika, Sparebank 1 Gruppen and others will merge their respective payment systems Vipps (mobile payment app), […]. According to Reuters, the purpose behind this merger is to combat competition from global payment companies, perhaps ones like PayPal or Square Cash to name a few.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The news came Thursday (May 2) that, per a ruling in federal court in New York, the State Department of Financial Services can move forward with a suit that looks to derail national bank charters for FinTech companies. The national licenses would let FinTechs lend money and paychecks to consumers. lakh (roughly $1.6 In the U.K.,

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