William Mills

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Social media is no longer the shiny new toy in the PR and marketing toy box. Today, financial providers and FinTech firms alike know they must integrate social media into their communications strategies. For many FinTech companies, social media serves primarily as a source for leads.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Keeping your money in a bank is common sense at this point, but online banking is – unfortunately – not something many people have grown accustomed to, yet. There are many benefits to explore in this area, and it’s not a bad idea to check out what some online banking services can do for you […].

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to square away increasing consumer use of online channels with their privacy and banking standards. Why Pandemic-Driven Online Payment Spikes Are Pushing Middle Eastern Regulators To Confront Privacy Questions.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 22, 2018

The social media/fintech executive made headlines in the crypto world.Read More. EXCLUSIVE— With cryptocurrencies losing their luster in the public — and the regulatory — eye, some in financial services still remain bullish on the currency even as its value falls.

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JUNE 4, 2020

the online school payments firm. The FinTech company issued an apology after parents complained they were unable to withdraw cash after schools refunded the cost of canceled trips, the newspaper reported. Parents took their grievances to social media and Trustpilot, the online rating site. million pounds ($1.3

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Digital payments FinTech startup Sezzle announced on Monday (Feb. It gives user the freedom to shop online and spread four equal payments across six weeks. . 10) that it topped 1 million active customers. . Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Payments might not be a substantial portion of social media platform Facebook’s revenues, but it is an important one — particularly as non-payment companies increasingly begin to launch payment capabilities for social media platforms such as Messenger.

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BankNXT

JUNE 7, 2016

Oliver Bussmann believes social media should be an intrinsic part of your leadership toolset when it comes to managing communications. Social media – why it’s an essential tool on BankNXT.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Advanced technology is increasingly raising the stakes of how CUs should operate, with members coming to expect the instant payments and slick mobile interfaces that large banks and FinTechs have made standard. Deep Dive: How CUs Leverage Social Media. Developments From Around The Credit Union Space.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – The latest in PayPal’s busy week: the payments company is now letting users create an invoice through the Facebook Messenger service, expanding on its recent partnership with the social media platform to enable P2P payments through Facebook’s chat service.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As government regulators in China increase tech industry oversight, Tencent said it will comply with new laws intended to curb antitrust activities and tighten FinTech acceleration, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday (Nov. Its business units span social media, video streaming, digital payments and wealth management.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

In search of added convenience and simplicity, banking customers are migrating to online and mobile banking interfaces, leaving in-person visits to brick-and-mortar branches behind. Elsewhere in the space, FIs are seemingly more focused on social media integrations. How Banks Are Weaponizing Data To Fight Fraud.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The remote payments app allows merchants to charge customers by sending a payment link via SMS, Whatsapp, email or social media. FinTech partners, he said, have become key allies to helping SMBs. “We The feature can be used to adjust any change in the tax rate charged on food and non-alcoholic beverages.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 5, 2017

On Tuesday, the Berlin-based SolarisBank announced that it had integrated with the Dutch bank ABN Amro to provide instant loans through the bank’s online brand Moneyou. SolarisBank partners thus far has been fintech startups and digital companies. ABN Amro is it’s first bank […].

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JULY 24, 2018

It’s easy to imagine the appeal: Transferring loyalty program data from one grocer to another, moving image data from a social media site to an online photo-printing service, retaining access to music playlists after leaving a website with weak privacy protections or other flaws.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

IBM Acquires Canadian FinTech Expertus. IBM has purchased Expertus Technologies, which is based in Canada, according to an announcement, in an effort to strengthen its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in addition to its online payment strategies.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 13, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - Before social media platform Facebook became a popular channel for digital banks to offer banking features to its customers, let’s not forget that FB was first and foremost an important advertising tool for banks to reach a younger audience. Take British challenger bank Starling Bank, for example.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 8, 2017

Two distinct streams have surfaced in fintech: passive and active investment. But the active investment strategy for investors is far from dead in fintech. Betterment is the poster child for passive investment, recently booking $70 million in venture funding and has continued to enhance its services.

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JUNE 24, 2020

The Central Bank’s decision is a setback for the social media giant. Many small businesses in Brazil and India utilize the app as the primary means of establishing an online presence. The WhatsApp payment feature was introduced by parent company Facebook earlier this year in Brazil.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Banks do not always have the budgets or resources to craft cutting-edge online and mobile experiences, although they can no longer afford to put off digital transformations. The number of online banking customers is growing worldwide, and FIs’ consumers are coming to expect seamless digital experiences as a result.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 27, 2018

With fintech funding on the rise, new startups that want to make their mark on the financial ecosystem are sprouting up every day.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 12, 2018

Most fintech startups don’t survive. The landscape of payments, lending, artificial intelligence might seem bustling thanks to all the industry hoopla around it, but the success rate for a startup to make it in these fields — or for that matter any of 15-plus fintech segments — is slim. Well, according to a […].

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Banking Exchange

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The banking software vendor and search engine giant have formed a strategic partnership, allowing banks to create apps quicker and more securely Technology Social Media Channels Customers Core Systems Outsourcing/Cloud Tech Management Mobile Online Feature3 Feature Financial Trends Fintech.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The innovation of fintech is not limited to retail banking, according to the UK Investment Association, which today said it would launch an accelerator for fintech starts focused on AI, ML, DLT technologies in the asset management sector. Investment Association is a 240-member community.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2019

A January 16 tweet announcing “new digital enhancements to online and mobile banking” was followed by a slew of customer complaints that spilled over into subsequent […]. BMO Harris Bank is having technical difficulty with the rollout of its new mobile banking app, which is part of a digital revamp of Bank of Montreal’s U.S.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. At issue is the eCommerce retailer’s parallel responsibility to third-party merchants as an online shopping ecosystem and to itself as a competitor on the platform with rival products. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 23, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its third cohort of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 3 of INV Fintech: CoverHero is an intelligent insurance roboadvisor that helps users manage, understand, and buy […].

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE — With government-backed initiatives and a finite business of copper export, Nathan Lustig, co-founder and managing partner at Magma Partners, saw huge potential in the Chilean fintech market. Additionally, […].

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 18, 2018

Should fintech companies with banking ambition get a license or partner with a bank for one? This is an important distinction for a challenger bank, almost an existential question.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Standard Chartered and Amazon.ae , the company's United Arab Emirates website, are launching a new installment payments method for customers, according to The Fintech Times. Visa launched a pilot program, Visa Installments in the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Social media mogul company Facebook has launched P2P payments through Facebook Messenger in the U.K. is the next market to have the service, after Facebook first launched the payments feature in the U.S. According to reports, all major banks in the U.K. are taking part in the service. To use […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The same premise holds true today and poses a knotty question in online commerce and FinTech: How do you know the person on the other end of a transaction is really who they say they are? Long ago, a cartoon ran in The New Yorker showing a canine seated at a desktop computer. “On

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 24, 2016

In a stunning vote, British citizens decided to leave the European Union, and the so-called Brexit has not just profound implications for fintech, but creates massive uncertainty for global financial services. tweeted Eileen Burbidge, a partner at Passion Capital and FinTech Envoy of HM Read More. How can we be so stupid?”

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

FinTechs can use data to leapfrog FIs in their own arms race to develop new offerings and gain mind share and wallet share. The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that FinTech firms have been accusing banks of blocking access to end users’ financial data. FinTechs need the data. Data Wars, Via Social Media.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

How that will affect merchants’ online promotional activity hangs in the balance. As we know, mostly anonymous corporations have been collecting consumer data online for years, usually without explicit permission, selling it or using it for ad retargeting and personalization. That’s a bad moon rising for some Big Data operators.

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