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Traditional FIs Drive Modernization Through FinTech Pairings

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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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Meeting Corporate Treasurers Where They Are To Get Them Where They Need To Be

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Yet for those banking partners, the fact that every corporate is at its own unique position in the digitization process presents a challenge as to which products to offer, and how to enable corporate clients to adopt them — a predicament that impacts everything from banks’ investments in infrastructure to their FinTech collaboration strategies.

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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.

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Turning Compliance Burden Into FinTech-Regulator Collaboration

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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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How 5G Will Shake Up Banking and FinTech?

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Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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Survey shows that tools with strong user experience are key to better risk management across the enterprise

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Either way, gaps persist in the ability of staff to use tools effectively, make risk-aware decisions and meet emerging requirements with up-to-date capabilities. User experience, or relative effective ease-of-use, is a key driver of engagement.

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NEW DATA: How COVID-19 Is Driving CUs’ Digital Leap

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FinTechs are also emerging as major CU competitors. Among FinTechs that are interested in developing new peer-to-peer (P2P) payment, real-time payment and installment credit products, PYMNTS research shows that half intend to sell those products directly to their end-users. We surveyed 4,058 U.S. We surveyed 4,058 U.S.

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