Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

FinTech solution company Entersekt has upgraded its authentication technology in the DACH region of Europe, according to a release. The company recently announced that the software company Netcetera implemented the authentication system for Bank-Verlag, a company that makes and provides secure services for Germany’s banks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

This is particularly true as open banking initiatives encourage bank collaboration with third-party FinTech firms and facilitate the movement of data between platforms. With the threat of third-party cyber risks rising, the financial services (FinServ) industry is especially prone to hacks that can ripple through supply chains.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. ’s Faster Payments real-time payments system.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

More than 10,000 financial institutions (FIs) around the world are implementing or exploring open banking , an emerging trend in the financial industry that allows banks and FinTechs to freely share their data, encouraging collaboration and the development of new customer-facing services. Open Banking Prevents Data Exposure. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Small business Banking-as-a-Service rises to the top in this week's roundup of the latest bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking initiatives. Two SMB BaaS companies secured new funding, while FinTech Wise says it is ushering in a new definition of open banking with its embedded banking functionality. BizCapital.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

The banking industry faces many day-to-day business challenges, including competition with digitally native FinTechs and the ubiquitous social distancing restrictions brought on by the pandemic. Lackluster customer onboarding authentication is one of the weakest points in most banks’ anti-fraud security systems.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The European Central Bank (ECB) has plans to independently investigate an incident that affected its TARGET2 real-time gross settlement system on Oct. 23 this year, which resulted in a near 10-hour outage, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

The South Korean government said it was going to run the pilot phase and assess the system and its performance, as well as make adjustments as necessary. The system will be released to FinTech firms by Dec. 25, and the system allows FinTech firms access to bank payment systems across South Korea , through AP13 initiatives.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The greater availability of data gives financial institutions (FIs) and FinTech firms alike insight into customers’ behaviors, habits and preferences, allowing them to develop more effective tools, products and features. While these initiatives are spurring more focused financial services innovations, they also come with challenges.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 9, 2021

The fintech market is smokin’ hot right now. Fintech is no different. Q1 2021 was the largest funding quarter on record, according to CB Insights , with fintechs raising $22.8 Banks and fintechs are in a heated mashup and seeking niches. Fifth Third Bank is acquiring healthcare fintech Provide.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

FinTech firms are keeping a pulse on the latest regulations and helping their clients comply with them. The regulation is top of mind, especially for European Union companies, and FinTechs are stepping up to the plate to help their customers comply with its components from a product perspective.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

But Ondot Systems Vice President of Customer Success Balu Kikkeri told PYMNTS that evidence of that great digital shift is now visible not only anecdotally, but in the data as well. That’s where FinTechs can come in. However, Kikkeri said FIs should consider the robustness of potential FinTech partners’ offerings.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Telehealth services, in particular, are growing more common, with one New York state hospital reporting that 85 percent of its outpatient visits are be­ing conducted via telehealth systems. How HealthTap Meets Flexible Telehealth, Data Security Demands. Around The Digital Identity Ecosystem. About The Tracker.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the rise of large and nimble fintechs like PayPal and Stripe, banks have started evaluating their legacy core systems and, as a result, many have taken to core-overhauling in some form or another. This is a massive project," Ed Page, managing director at Protiviti, a technology consulting firm for FIs, told Bank Innovation.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2017

AI systems may be getting smarter with the ever-expanding flow of data, but are they also getting more ethical? When it comes to fintech, artificial intelligence has a seemingly endless range of possibilities to transform present systems, so long as the AI system that is applied is constructed with the correct values Read More.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE— It’s no secret that banks don’t move all that fast when it comes to new innovations, but most are starting to match fintechs at the customer experience level, according to Verizon, which provides software and internet connectivity to much of the industry.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

FinTechs could face these same financial pains as regulators increasingly demand that they follow the compliance rules to which FIs must adhere. The People’s Bank of China announced in March that it plans to create rules for regulating and securing the FinTech sector, for example. . A report found that the U.S. million. .

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Cisco

JULY 26, 2022

What holds back some financial institutions from achieving these goals are the inflexibility of legacy systems and significant technical debt. This is the reality for many financial institutions as they partner with cloud-native FinTech solution providers for growth, diversity, and greater resilience. Secure the brand.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

It’s happening in the B2B space as well, and not a moment too soon, as many B2B systems are in definite need of an upgrade — and could learn a thing or two from the consumer side. Cloud platforms are also helping firms secure APIs with built-in capabilities that apply security policies through nonintrusive policy enforcement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

As such, data security has simultaneously emerged as a renewed focal point for the financial services market, because the more data moves and the more actors touch it, the more exposure that information has to nefarious actors. It’s not the only security concern that this data-sharing trend has created in financial services, however.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

FinTech firms are tapping into automation and training to stay on top of the latest security developments, while keeping an eye on evolving trends in the payments space. Quaine said the company’s systems, for instance, “are programmed to handle the payments.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

Getting bogged down in a maze or taking unnecessary risks — the current climate for FinTech in the United States often leaves players with only those two stark choices, according to Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , which describes itself as a “cloud-based utility” that enables payment system interoperability.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Bank-FinTech collaborations have emerged as a viable, lucrative growth path for both sides of these partnerships. For FinTechs, the deals mean access to a broader range of customers through well-established industry names. For FinTechs, the deals mean access to a broader range of customers through well-established industry names.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

FinTechs are helping companies understand and optimize their total cost of payments acceptance through technology. It takes significant financial resources to maintain the entire payment contraption — and it also requires funding to add to that system from a capital improvement or innovation perspective in addition to the people costs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

financial institutions as they scrambled to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. And even as financial institutions began to smooth out the process, the initiative hit another snag Monday when reports emerged that the SBA’s computer systems had crashed.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The European Union’s long-anticipated 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), which modernizes security rules to reflect the needs and threats facing today’s economy, took effect in mid-January, and its impacts are already being felt across the payments space. Fiat-focused digital wallets must also boost their security.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Ensuring such payments are secure from bad actors is a priority for the banks that process them. These transactions are not without security risks, they added, meaning banks must be on the lookout for fraudsters seeking to intercept B2B payments. API security. Benefits Of APIs . Future of APIs .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One of the biggest tests for FinTech in the coming years is how well it can serve businesses that don’t have easy or efficient access to credit. As Martins said, the country’s financial system and central bank have restrictive rules about what types of collateral — or “leverage” — businesses can offer when seeking loans.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

It was a slow week for B2B FinTech venture capital investments, though the industry still managed to pull more than $46.8 The company secured the funding from Hong Kong-based EmergeVest, reports said, while other angel investors also participated. million in fresh funding. SourceSage. Credit Key. Credit Key, a U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In the coexisting — and sometimes colliding — worlds of FinTech and traditional financial services, a bit of collaboration often evolves. As reported by Bloomberg , the regulator at the helm of Singapore’s financials has embraced an effort to “bring together” FinTech firms and banks there.

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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 2, 2018

As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. Mission Secure. Shape Security. reports said. reports said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

For these transactions to run smoothly, however, communication must remain seamless and secure. The new Smarter Payments Tracker highlights the infrastr ucture developments that are making cross-border payment systems faster, more seamless and interoperable. Making Global Remittances More Transparent. About the Smarter Payments.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Payments FinTech Sila offers an Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform to help companies more seamlessly integrate compliant payments capabilities within their solutions via application programming interface (API), with an integrated stablecoin, SILA. Sila Raises Funding to Nix ACH. Billhop Eases B2B Card Acceptance.

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