Chris Skinner

OCTOBER 4, 2017

I get lots of input from many sources, and one of the ones I like is the innovation survey of banking produced annually by EFMA with Accenture.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2020

The Bank for International Settlements ( BIS ) Innovation Hub is planning on adding four new locations in Europe and North America, according to a press release. The Innovation Hub was launched in 2019 as a way for central banks to collaborate on various innovative solutions to problems, PYMNTS reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Many CU executives express growing concerns about the looming competitive threat posed by digital-first competitors, including not only challenger banks like Chime, Ally and GoBank, but also BigTech and FinTech firms, from PayPal, Google and beyond. We surveyed 3,908 U.S. We surveyed 3,908 U.S. As much as 41.4

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

Those are some of the common myths of innovation , and they apply to the payments world. Moving past those myths, and finding deeper truths about payments innovation, was the underlying result of a recent PYMNTS webinar, featuring Karen Webster and Amir Wain, founder and CEO of i2c , an integrated commerce and smart payments firm. “

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Here are critical facts to know about some of the most popular BNPL service platforms: Afterpay: Afterpay was founded in Australia in 2014 but was acquired by fintech Square earlier this year. Fintech enthusiasts should also keep a close watch on Apple’s newly unveiled BNPL system, Apple Pay Later.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Bottomline’s 2019 B2B Survey Payments Report finds that manual processing is the second-most pressing obstacle for treasury departments and the biggest challenge faced by small businesses. Sixty-five percent of surveyed small businesses considered manual payment generation to be the largest impediment to overcome, in fact.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

The 2020 Credit Union Innovation Index , conducted in partnership with PSCU , found that over 20 percent of members would drop their current CU over lack of innovation. The share of CU members reporting they were willing to change primary FIs over insufficient innovation increased by 4.6 percent to 21.9 Competitive Threats.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Not innovating is not an option. Perhaps in the early days of digital banking and mobile apps, innovative technology was a “nice to have,” but that is no longer the case. The Bank Innovation Readiness Index , in collaboration with payments solutions provider i2c , provides evidence to back that up.

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Perficient

APRIL 20, 2023

The Landscape According to Forbes Advisor: 2022 Digital Banking Survey , as of 2022, 78% of adults in the U.S. However, it’s not always obvious which of the many potential technology vendors and implementation partners will best drive an organization’s desired business goals. prefer to bank via a mobile app or website.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 21, 2021

In a recent survey of banks and credit unions about their technology vendor contracts, Cornerstone Advisors found that more than half of these financial institutions allow emotional factors to influence their negotiation processes. Technology Vendor Financials Tell the Story. The post But I Really Like My Technology Vendor!

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Linville said a few principles stand tried and true when gauging innovation in technology and financial services — and that those took root well before the pandemic hit. He said banks have a leg up on FinTech startups that might find their funding pulled back. What FinTechs And Neobanks Should Do Here.

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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. Digital fraud’s scope is hard to overstate, yet banks are deploying emerging technologies to minimize its impact.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

percent of retailers have said they innovate to improve customer loyalty. That, in fact, is one of the main findings in the new Retail Innovation Readiness Index from PYMNTS, powered by FinTech firm AEVI. Things have changed, though, he said — one reason why that innovation finding carries such weight. “I

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

However, financial institutions (FIs) are getting better at separating vital areas of innovation from the hype. Banks are increasingly focusing on the fundamentals when determining their innovation agendas. Payment technology is in many ways the flagship among the fleet of innovations that banks are pursuing.

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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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Bank Innovation

APRIL 23, 2019

Nearly 80% of traditional financial institutions feel little or no threat from fintechs today, but 65% believe fintechs will be a “significant threat” by 2022, according to a new study by Harvard Business Review.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

So, how are CUs changing their card innovation plans to match their current members’ demands and attract new potential members? This is just one of many questions PYMNTS, in collaboration with PSCU , set out to answer in the Credit Union Innovation Playbook: Card Trends Edition. Moreover, 89.4 percent between February and May.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

When it comes to technological innovation, however, the smaller players have long been outgunned by larger FIs and their sizable IT budgets. Today, small banks are more aggressive and ambitious in their innovation strategies than medium-sized and large FIs. This is changing — in a big way. On average, these FIs designate 45.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

A new report by business banking market research and analysis firm East & Partners suggests corporations aren’t opposed to changing banks as a direct result of new FinTech solutions businesses want to use. Researchers announced East & Partners’ new report, “Financial Technology and the Corporate,” on Monday (Nov.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 11, 2016

Investors see a sunny future for marketplace lending, according to a survey released today by Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP (RKO) and Wharton Fintech. The results of the survey, titled 2016 Survey of U.S. Marketplace Lending, show that half of investors surveyed have capital allocated for marketplace lending.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

When it comes to innovation, though, are CUs investing in the technologies their members want, or are they putting their money into innovations that don’t align with their members’ priorities? The findings highlighted a disconnect between the innovation priorities of CUs and the ones important to their members.

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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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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

APRIL 24, 2020

However, CUs are not the only financial institutions (FIs) looking to offer digital banking innovations to their members. FinTechs are also emerging as major CU competitors. This puts FinTechs and CUs on a collision course, with each racing to innovate new products that will grab members’ attention and patronage.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

It advises that financial institutions should turn to outsourcing and technology before the economy slows down. FinTech startups and tech giants are bringing new competition and banks risk “becoming footnotes to history” as regulations ease, making it easier for companies to offer financial services. Amazon in the U.S.

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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

MARCH 17, 2017

Those market conditions present interesting obstacles and opportunities for everyone in the banking FinTech space. Today, Misys is gearing up for another overhaul that similarly reflects times of flux and progress in banking technology and corporate finance. The company will merge with DH Corp.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

While non-bank financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs may be keeping traditional banks on their toes, banks still have the largest piece of the corporate banking pie. Eighty percent of treasurers surveyed identified cash management surveys as the top area under review, followed by liquidity solutions, payables, FX and commercial lending.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

While this industry is largely reliant on corporates’ adoption of innovative technology, it is also instrumental to getting issuing banks in on the movement. According to the executive, the key is to work “with banks, not against them” – a sentiment that has become a mantra for many in the FinTech market.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

The GAO said it had seen — through interviews with 11 FinTech firms — loan volume grow by sevenfold, while collaborative efforts with banks continued to grow from 2013 to 2017. Of those surveyed, said the GAO, nine of the 11 said that regulatory uncertainty has been a hurdle in credit expansion. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

However, CUs face an innovation gap when compared to big banks that are racing ahead and implementing technology to better evaluate risk, provide personalized insights and foster greater financial inclusion in their markets. Only 15 percent of surveyed CU executives expected the same. Half of U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

The average small business considers itself a “moderate” user of technology, according to the PYMNTS.com SMB Technology Adoption Index. Only 13 percent say they’re willing to jump on the innovation bandwagon. 70 percent of SMEs didn’t use tax software in 2016 , found Office Depot in its most recent Small Business Index survey.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The FinTech space is hoping to address these challenges head-on, targeting the paper and manual-based processes of trade finance transactions though innovations like blockchain. The survey polled more than 515 banks and 1,336 companies across 103 countries, finding that FinTech innovators can, indeed, help address the $1.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Banks are finding it more difficult than ever to ignore potential FinTech partnerships that could better serve their corporate customers. When it comes to corporate treasury, business clients demand robust solutions and services from their banks, and FinTech players are stepping in to help.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Banks and FinTechs are going in on blockchain technology , as two separate reports released earlier this month conclude. Analysis from Corporate Insight and Infosys Finacle say banks and FinTechs are readying increased involvement and investment in distributed ledger technologies.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

trillion gap in global trade finance — continues to be used as a driver of FinTech innovation as technology startups look for ways to address friction in global trade financing. Standard Chartered is the latest bank to embrace FinTech collaboration to tackle the trade finance gap, having announced Tuesday (Sept.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

What is the state of banking innovation today? Fintech funding has grown tougher to raise though total volume, because of a few monster deals, may exceed the previous year. Each year, we poll the industry to find out. Finovate this year pursued many themes that would have been familiar in Read More.

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