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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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Massachusetts Mutual To Buy FinTech RIA Platform Flourish

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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) has agreed with Stone Ridge Asset Management , which has over $10 billion in assets under management (AUM), for MassMutual to acquire FinTech registered investment advisor (RIA) platform Flourish , according to a press release.

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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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Secret Double Octopus Reports Investment From SC Ventures

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Secret Double Octopus , which works in passwordless authentication for security online, has secured a strategic investment from SC Ventures, the FinTech and investment arm of international banking group Standard Chartered , a press release says. The company boasts a simple user experience and a formidable protection against cyberattacks.

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REPORT: Payment Tech Tops FIs’ Innovation Agendas

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According to PYM NTS’ research, 57 percent of all FIs will focus on this area over the next three years, making it the highest item on an agenda that also includes user experience, consumer engagement, and fraud and security. Payment technology is in many ways the flagship among the fleet of innovations that banks are pursuing.

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The Pandemic’s Push For The FI/FinTech ‘Win-Win’

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Kikkeri said that’s why FIs must consider how to leverage their FinTech partnerships and push to market the digital services that customers have become habituated to in the past six months. Apple and Google are bringing a new level of user experience to banking and payments that did not exist before now,” Kikkeri said.

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PayPal, Mastercard Champion Bank-FinTech Alliances

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I think that is a completely false premise, ” he said, according to a report by CNBC. “It Ready said he sees the relationship between FinTech and banking as similar to that between cellphone makers and telecommunications companies. On Tuesday (Jan.

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