article thumbnail

LATAM FinTech – Phoenix Rising

Let's Talk Payments

The first part of the LATAM FinTech Series explores the region’s challenges, in spite of which it is becoming a leading destination for expansion and investment for the world with.

Phoenix 109
article thumbnail

Community Banks Accelerate FinTech Integrations

PYMNTS

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Major Core Vendors Are Failing Regional Banks

Gonzobanker

Rapid consolidation in the banking industry is creating a growing band of regional banks that find themselves stuck in a solution provider market that isn’t fully capable of serving them. FIS has captured a dominant share in the regional banking space with its IBS core platform (formerly Metavante).

article thumbnail

Investments Stay Afloat And Thrive Market Bags $111 Million

PYMNTS

The biggest growth regions for Thrive are in the midwest and southeast, far from the tech hubs that are usually the power center behind grocery and organic goods delivery services. Apart from their organic focus, Thrive works to appeal broadly to the specialty food demographic with GMO free, gluten-free and paleo-friendly offerings.

Marketing 102
article thumbnail

Big Plays Push Investments & RedKix Grabs $17 Million In Seed Funds

PYMNTS

We’ve been seeing this same bifurcation, but it stood on its head in the latest week, with B2B carrying the weight of the deal flow, and FinTech relatively lighter. continues to dominate in the regional breakout of investments – and shall we expect that trend to continue in the wake of the instability in Europe?

Phoenix 100
article thumbnail

How to Offset an Evaporating Data Center

Gonzobanker

Attracting and keeping technology talent at a regionally based financial institution is a constant struggle. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Tech Talent Famine.

Data 62
article thumbnail

The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. Consumers was the first big credit union to deploy the Phoenix core system and this year was the first big go-live of the Lumin digital banking system. GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes.

Idaho 148