CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2022

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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Lithuania wants to become a global FinTech powerhouse. In recent years, the market has gone from one struggling with high financial illiteracy and limited card acceptance, to a bright spot in Europe for FinTech innovation. Regulation is perhaps the strongest driver of Lithuania’s FinTech-friendly environment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

The regulatory pressures on banks is not only fierce, it’s also continually changing, forcing financial institutions (FIs) to invest vast resources to stay on top of evolving rules. According to the results, banks argue that innovation, not just regulation, is behind the wheel of progress. Optimism Up. Competitive Disruption.

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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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. It takes significant financial resources to maintain the entire payment contraption — and it also requires funding to add to that system from a capital improvement or innovation perspective in addition to the people costs.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Belgium, which is home to many European Union (EU) institutions, is also a burgeoning FinTech hub. The country has the fifth-highest number of FinTech deals in Europe, according to an analysis from Belgium-based European FinTech platform B-Hive. ” FinTech firm recovr is among the startups based in Belgium.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. of bankers are either strongly interested in or already working with fintechs in digital account opening. The benefits of fintechs. By Elizabeth Judd.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Banks have historically developed their own solutions for the marketplace, using sophisticated information technology (IT) and development resources. “If And from an innovation perspective, this setup kept the banks a step behind. FinTech collaborations can also serve as a defensive strategy for the bank.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Banks today recognize that they must embrace innovation to survive in a world being rapidly transformed by digital technology. These digital products must run reliably, securely and fast — and this requires a solid technological foundation. Core-enabled: FIs that consider only their core systems to be effective. •

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Morgan Stanley wants to make it easier to acquire new tech from startups as well as pick up the pace of collaboration amid concerns from FinTechs that partnering with big banks can be slow and expensive. Morgan Stanley also rolled out a portal that employees can use to test technology, noted Reuters. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) banking platform FISPAN announced in a press release Thursday (Nov. We are thrilled to have been selected to take part in the Mastercard Start Path program and to be recognized alongside a global network of innovators,” said FISPAN Founder and CEO Lisa Shields in the release.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Bank-FinTech collaborations have emerged as a viable, lucrative growth path for both sides of these partnerships. For traditional financial institutions (FIs), working with a would-be competitor means integrating technologies for customers without having to build solutions from scratch. 10x Future Technologies.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

ICBA has a growing network of people and resources community banks can tap into as they continue their innovation journeys. The ThinkTECH Accelerator is one of several initiatives underway this year to foster community bank-enabled fintech partnerships. How do we attract new talent to further our innovation goals and objectives?

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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. CUs are also leveraging the latest technologies, including cloud computing, to continue fostering the relationships with their customers. Around The Credit Union World.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In addressing the innovation gap that exists between credit unions and their larger financial institution (FI) brethren, credit unions (CUs) may be perceived to be at a disadvantage, at least when it comes to dollars. That’s especially true as millennials come up through the ranks, and are both comfortable and confident in using technology.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Those who work in and around high tech and innovation are lulled into a narrative about progress being on a march ever forward, rarely slowing, never stopping and certainly never turning around and marching in the wrong direction. . Once one gets outside of the top 25 banks in the U.S., The Soft Middle in Financial Services.

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Abrigo

JUNE 14, 2017

Many banks and credit unions have found a path to growth via partnerships with fintechs. Technology partners offer much more than just software to banks; a fintech partnership provides delivery channels, convenience, corporate governance , advisory services, and industry data.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

As technology buyers, banking executives need to up their game on tech purchases and technology performance management. For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. And you may ask yourself, ‘How do I work this?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The pace of payments innovation continues to accelerate, and corporate payments are no longer an exception to this trend. But to understand where B2B payments innovation is going, Jay Dearborn, president of corporate payments at WEX , said the industry must first take a look in the rearview mirror. “To Banks’ Unwavering Role.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This puts them at risk of losing customers to more agile FinTechs that lack these issues. A survey of bank CEOs found that 72 percent were prioritizing technology investments, with 58 percent of respondents reporting that they were investing in automation technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Guidelines From The UK. and MarketInvoice.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 With generative AI technology improving by the day, the question is not if the banking industry will utilize it, but when. Takeaway 3 Financial institutions should resist the hype to apply the technology to their most complex problems and be strategic as AI improves. So, what is generative AI?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2020

With B2B payments being an increasingly attractive target for innovators, the landscape is growing crowded as more banks and FinTechs roll out their accounts payable (AP) automation solutions. At the same time, he explained to PYMNTS, industry collaboration can mean combining banks’ and FinTechs’ biggest strengths.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Banks and FinTechs continue to discover new opportunities in unlocking corporate clients’ financial data, with banks embracing data integration for their own product development initiatives, and FinTechs finding new ways to collaborate with each other. Mastercard Taps FinTech for Biz Card Boost.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Southeast Asia is now front and center on the world’s FinTech stage, and it’s no accident. Regulatory efforts to promote FinTech innovation, a bustling climate for blockchain and interest from other markets eyeing the region for expansion have all led to Southeast Asia’s impressive standing in this space.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Shifting employee landscapes, changes in workers’ demands over how and when they get paid, and technological innovation have combined to open the floodgates for payroll FinTech. A Higher Technological Standard. “Technology and apps are the way forward.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Venture capital (VC) is not easily available to every startup, but this week, VC investors hinted at a big year ahead for the B2B FinTech space. In total, more than $1 billion was raised this week, with funds landing at an array of technologies from B2B payments to payroll to eProcurement. Flutterwave.

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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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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

DECEMBER 27, 2018

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech funding rounds, but investors nevertheless provided an impressive sum to industry startups. B2B FinTech firms were noticeably absent from this week’s roundup, with funding targets instead based in India, Brazil, Spain and the U.K. Interestingly, U.S. million raised by U.K.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 8, 2022

A strategic mindset and an updated slate of skills will best position CIOs as successful technology leaders. While experience is a critical ingredient for the top technology role, it’s important to recognize that decades of experience translate to a leader who grew up in the “tactical” era of technology. Innovation Leader.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

FinTech solutions — including those that have disrupted the payroll sphere — have automated key financial functions for small businesses, and, in many cases, have taken away the traditional workload of a small business accountant. This presents a few opportunities for the profession, Jones told PYMNTS in a recent interview. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Commercial payments technology firm WEX landed a $400 million investment this week, but when it comes to venture capital, investors set their sights on B2B eCommerce, small business funding, payroll and more. million in VC funding for the sector, B2B FinTechs may be showing signs of a mid-year lull. With a combined $43.3

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William Mills

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Many CUSOs offer services in areas such as lending, member services, and payment and electronic transaction processing, and CUSOs offering innovative fintech solutions are on the rise.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The seed of FinTech innovation often comes from a desire to do things differently. In B2B payments, that can mean discontent in the way traditional banks and FIs do business or a need for disruptive technologies to come to market faster than banks can offer. Take Capital One’s deal with Gem, for instance.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Banks have not faced issues in fulfilling their obligations to their various customers, Caldeira said, and technology has not proved a hindrance to meeting demand as businesses and individuals look for increased assistance in navigating a new reality of digitally delivered financial services. For them, the transition has been seamless.”.

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