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Why The Bank-FinTech Relationship Is More Complicated Than Conflicted

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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. Or, as a recent CNBC article put it, quoting a source, “a mass extinction event.”. The subject? Trust in Banks.

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The BaaS Gold Rush is On

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However, if BaaS is ever going to enhance shareholder value, bankers need to ensure they have the strategic focus, operational savvy, and execution commitment to do it right. infrastructure and the capacity to manage a BaaS strategy to significantly complement the core business. Now is the time to create a BaaS strategy.

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Who Owns Digital? Ugh, That’s the Problem for Bankers

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The bottom line is this: most banks lack the true management leadership and operating disciplines necessary to execute successfully on digital. When a bank operates this way, the focus tends to be around operational uptime, security, and incident management while insufficient attention is given to the end-user customer experience.

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The Rise Of ‘Intelligent Engagement’ In Corporate Banking

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In a Masterclass conducted by Karen Webster, Norm DeLuca, managing director of banking solutions at Bottomline Technologies , said banks must put corporate clients at the center of their digital transformation roadmaps, helping those enterprises capitalize on the competitive advantage fostered by advanced technologies. The Use Cases.

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Why Legacy Banks Have Mobile App Advantages

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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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Open Banking Meets Instant Payments At The Online Checkout

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The company is betting that all kinds of companies — from FinTechs to eCommerce providers to wealth management platforms and iGaming operators — will adopt PayDirect to facilitate account verification, instant account funding, online payments and instant withdrawals. The challenge is in getting merchants and customers to try it.

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Driving innovation in risk management: Financial risk APIs designed and engineered for the cloud

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While other industries are moving beyond the use of the internet as a communications channel and deploying business applications on the cloud, most of the core banking applications still run inside company-owned and managed data centers. However, the cloud offers many compelling advantages over traditional technology platforms.