PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

When Home Depot announced last month its plans to acquire HD Supply Holdings , it wasn’t just a sign of expansion for the home improvement retailer. The Outsourced FinTech Opportunity. For a consumer-facing retailer, these workflows can be unfamiliar and add a flood of friction into the sales process.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Fintechs can provide better design capabilities, improved customer experience, research states. Financial institutions are making fintech partnerships a key priority in 2020, according to a new study from Cornerstone Advisors. These numbers represent an increase from 49% and 60%, respectively, in 2019. Register here.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Marg ERP, an India-based FinTech connecting small businesses to inventory management, accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) technology, has announced a partnership initiative to expand its SMB financial services footprint. Reports in the Financial Express said on Monday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

For Walmart, FinTechs are in sight — but where to from here? As reported , Walmart is working with Ribbit Capital to create an as-yet unnamed FinTech that would, the companies said on Monday (Jan.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2019

s robust marketing strategy for its retail bank has paid off, as the bank today reported that half of its new retail customers were millennials. Of Ally Financial’s 230,000 new retail deposit customers via its retail side, Ally Bank, 126,500 were millennials, according to bank’s earnings report released today.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

At a time when surging coronavirus counts are once again muddying the outlook for consumers and business owners, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shim Steinmetz says the crisis has also provided a silver lining of sorts to nimble FinTechs that can solve merchants’ cash crunch problems. Or consider Sears.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2020

BMO Harris Bank and Chicago-based incubator 1871 have unveiled plans for their annual fintech mentorship program, and this year they are shining a light on female-led fintechs.

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The Financial Brand

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This article How Fintech Transformation Impacts the Future of Retail Banking appeared first on The Financial Brand. As fintechs still reshape banking, their focus on profits over scale does not diminish the competitive threat — or collaborative opportunity.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? According to a new report from PwC titled “Retail Banking 2025 and Beyond” (see sidebar), the retail banking industry is undergoing tremendous change—but, of course, community bankers already know that.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

Financial Institutions (FIs) that adopt open banking allow third parties like FinTechs to integrate with their application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide personalized financial management and payment apps that draw on bank customers’ data. We need to manage risk appropriately, but open banking is a good thing,” Davies said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Razer Fintech and Visa have unveiled the Razer Card prepaid card, while SafetyPay has joined forces with LATAM’s Rappi. Plus, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is investing roughly $750 million in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. percent share of Reliance Retail.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Unfortunately, this has created an environment in which many SMBs are no longer viable candidates for traditional bank loans, though there are a multitude of alternative sources of capital, from FinTechs to government aid programs at both the state and federal level. Traditionally, lenders rely on historical data to understand borrower risk.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2019

based growth equity firm, closed its second fintech valued at $375 million this week. Centana Growth Partners, a New York and Palo Alto, Calif.-based The firm, which closed a $250 million fund in 2015, primarily invests in business-to-business technology companies.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 29, 2020

With nearly 200 startups, five major banks, 19 venture capital firms and representation from large tech companies like Google, Facebook, PayPal, Toronto is quickly becoming a center for fintech entrepreneurship.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 21, 2020

Lenders have had to spend unprecedented funds on compliance in the first quarter, which could shift resource allocation at banks and credit unions and hamper post-pandemic fintech partnerships.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2020

How will banking and fintech business models be impacted by this unprecedented coronavirus pandemic? For insights into these questions, Bank Innovation and INV Fintech, its sister banking innovation services platform, will present a special Zoom meeting on […]. How will banks and startups work together?

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Most fintech companies are fine, but they’ve stopped blowing off econ class for mimosa brunches. Especially in fintech, which had the roughest semester last spring. Fintech is still alive and well, Gonzobankers, and fintech deals are still happening. Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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BankInovation

MAY 18, 2021

The deal is an indicator of the times as banks begin to signal more fintech partnerships in the coming year. Bank will partner with data integrator Plaid to provide customers with easier access to third-party apps, a move that extends the bank's strategic use of application programming interfaces (APIs). Bank customers will be […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

In the latest Digital Fraud Tracker , PYMNTS examines how fraudsters are utilizing mobile and app-based channels for fraud attacks, as well as why fraudsters are still relying on phishing as a major fraud strategy even as they increase their use of new technologies and techniques. Around the Digital Fraud World. CEO for N26.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But top industry experts told Karen Webster during PYMNTS’ latest “On The Agenda” panel that the hurdles for retailers are only beginning. He said the shipping infrastructure nearly buckled earlier this year, and retailers are now being highly conservative when it comes to managing deliveries. “We Stay Flexible .

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

But the same technology that enables those transactions also can bring the benefits of consumer intimacy to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that are often struggling to win more market share in a retail world dominated by the likes of Amazon, Walmart and other large retailers. That might sound obvious.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Large financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly turning to FinTech firms and alternative lenders to augment their small business (SMB) offerings, but community banks are beginning to get on board with the partnership strategy , too.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 11, 2020

2020 is the wildest downward ride in the market since 1929, which, one would think, is taking its toll on the fintech ecosystem serving banks and credit unions. And the industry’s two largest fintech providers, FIS and Fiserv, reported organic revenue declines largely due to economic impact to the payments market. It’s one big sandbox.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 9, 2019

“We serve a pretty diverse population relative to most finance and fintech companies, and the majority of our customers are actually women,” said Vishwas Prabhakara, Digit’s chief operating officer. Savings app Digit is pinning its hopes on millennial and Gen Z customers who are storing up funds for a rainy day.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

But that doesn’t mean all the players in payments and financial services have a solid or clear digital strategy. All of those trends essentially leave FIs with one major, overriding question when it comes to crafting a better digital strategy for the coming years.

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The Financial Brand

JANUARY 20, 2022

The post 9 Misunderstood Fintech Trends Impacting Retail Banking appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights. Some, like Banking-as-a-Service are widely known. Others, like embedded finance and DeFi are emerging. Not all trends will have equal impact.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Global investment banks are making major digital investments to keep pace with fintechs, Moody’s Investors Service reported in a research note this week. While they are increasingly partnering with fintechs, the […].

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

European wealth management FinTech Raisin is planning to roll out in the U.S. Banks will be able to offer the new solutions directly to their own customers or use Raisin’s platform to reach all potential retail consumers. Raisin will license Choice FS’ software to banks in the U.S., platform,” said Raisin U.S. CEO Paul Knodel.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 30, 2018

Citigroup has a digital-heavy, branch-light business approach that extends beyond its National Digital Bank platform (announced in March and currently in testing phase), according to Stephen Bird, CEO of Citi’s Global Consumer Banking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The traditional strategy of handing an employee a corporate card, hoping they make responsible purchases and depending on accurate expense reports has evolved into a market that embraces automation, artificial intelligence, mobility and an array of card products, from P-cards to virtual numbers.

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The Financial Brand

AUGUST 11, 2021

The post Don’t Surrender Retail Banking to Fintechs and Megabanks appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights. If your financial institution isn't using consumer deposits to grow profitable relationships, you're overlooking a huge opportunity.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Luge Capital, a fintech venture capital firm based in Toronto and Montreal, serves a growing ecosystem of startups north of the border. This week, it closed a C$85 milion ($65 million) fund for fintech and AI solutions.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 10, 2016

Is there a way to prevent regulators from derailing a bank’s fintech initiatives? In fact, the influential community banker has devised a distinct strategy for limiting the bank’s regulatory risk from fintech projects, Read More. Jill Castilla, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond, located in Edmond, Okla.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

FinTech firms are keeping a pulse on how merchants retain their customers — and how they can help them with those strategies through technology. FinTechs such as Modo, however, aim to help those types of organizations. However, making loyalty a currency or allowing it to be a method of tender, he said, “is quite complicated.”

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NCR

JUNE 21, 2017

Over my last few blogs, I’ve discussed some of the key factors and challenges that banks need to consider when they’re embarking on an omni-channel strategy. Defining a strategy that works for you. This must be aligned to your retail strategy to ensure that everyone is in sync on key hotspots, challenges and opportunities.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Dan Carroll, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Wealthfront, said the retail branch model used by traditional financial institutions is broken, and the recent shelter-in-place orders exacerbated the existential threat banks face.

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