PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2020

This week’s look at the latest open banking efforts and bank-FinTech collaborations reveals small business lending to be an emerging bright-spot in this field. Open banking enables the tool to aggregate data from small business applicants’ bank accounts to connect users to the most appropriate funding source.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Plus, American Express eyes social media shoutouts for small firms, Veem launches a domestic B2B payments tool and Billtrust embraces machine learning. Visa will aid Codat in expanding its single API to help business data flow better between FinTechs, SMBs and other companies in need. 18) press release. 18) press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Plus, American Express eyes social media shoutouts for small firms, Veem launches a domestic B2B payments tool and Billtrust embraces machine learning. Visa will aid Codat in expanding its single API to help business data flow better between FinTechs, SMBs and other companies in need. 18) press release. 18) press release.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

China’s National Fintech Risk Rectification Office sees the moves as “targeted clean-up measures to maintain financial order and social stability,” according to reports. Why WeChat? The platform is one of the leading messenger platforms in China, with more than a billion user accounts worldwide.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

billion by 2024, and a separate study suggested that many customers were willing to use FinTechs as well as their primary banks to receive the level of technological support they desired. It found that 64 percent of consumers across 27 surveyed markets noted that they were using FinTech services. Starting at the Core.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The remote payments app allows merchants to charge customers by sending a payment link via SMS, Whatsapp, email or social media. We developed this product so merchants could better service customers, whilst ensuring they have the tools they need to grow.”. FinTech partners, he said, have become key allies to helping SMBs. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

While this switch in preference to digital banking is providing new tools and capabilities to consumers, it’s also presenting new opportunities for fraudsters — and they’re not hesitating to take advantage. Elsewhere in the space, FIs are seemingly more focused on social media integrations. About the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

This week, the B2B FinTech startup space bucked any notion of a VC downturn with several high-value deals, and one of the busiest VC investment roundup weeks for the B2B space so far this year. Below, PYMNTS breaks down how more than $516 million in venture capital was spread across B2B FinTech firms. Webware.io. Fractal Labs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

Clearly, there’s still a long way for SMEs to go before they fully embrace FinTech – and the latest research on the topic reinforces the notion that small businesses aren’t using technology the way some may have hoped. Only 13 percent say they’re willing to jump on the innovation bandwagon. More than half use Twitter, too.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

As the report states, “We … find that a significant share of consumers are willing to bank with the institutions — financial or otherwise — that offer them the best spending and money management tools.”. Mobile Cards: Make or Break?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The slow, expensive process of handling print invoices is a barrier to smooth cash flow, and SMBs can make their operations run smoother by tapping AR tools for digital payments, electronic invoices, automated processes and more. The new solution furnishes media companies with loans in exchange for the borrowers’ anticipated AR payments.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2017

Late last month, Mastercard announced Russian financial firms working within the collaborative FinTech acceleration program Fintech Lab has chosen 12 FinTech startups they plan to mentor and guide through the program.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

Investors are fueling growth for B2B FinTechs across Asia, with startups in Indonesia, Singapore and India securing most of the more than $125 million raised in recent days. With the largest funding in our roundup, BlackBuck recently revealed $70 million in Series C funding to digitize fleet and logistics across India.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Analog processes present challenges for buyers and sellers looking to communicate AR issues, according to Craig O’Neill, CEO of FinTech VersaPay. PYMNTS recently spoke to O’Neill about how the company took cues from social media platforms to address key AR pain points. “By Replacing Paper With Automated AR .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

These new tools, powered by artificial intelligence, greater integration with social media platforms and a digital-first approach to lending, are giving smaller financial institutions more weapons to battle their big banking competition. Notable news from the Digital Banking space. Kasisto and Varo Money Inc. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

With more consumers than ever interested in fulfilling all their financial needs on mobile, both legacy banks and FinTech firms are focusing on creating digital-only banking services, designed to catch and keep customers using their smartphones to bank. Around the Digital Banking World. Read the Tracker’s Deep Dive to find out.

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William Mills

AUGUST 23, 2016

William Mills Agency, the nation’s largest independent public relations and content marketing firm to the financial industry, has been named agency of record for FinTech Forward 2016, a program offered by American Banker and BAI Beacon. We are proud to be associated with this effort.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

To enable businesses to more easily list their merchandise on its social media platforms, Facebook has unveiled Facebook Shops. Plaid API Platform Gives Banks Access To Data Tools, 2,600 Apps. Also, PayPal is introducing contactless QR codes for payments.

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William Mills

JULY 26, 2018

Videos are fast becoming an essential means of marketing for FinTech and B2B businesses as their prospects tend to have shorter attention spans and less time to gather information in general. When executed correctly, video marketing is a powerful tool that can engage your financial industry audience and drive sales. Social Media.

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William Mills

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Retargeting advertising is a new, highly-targeted marketing tool. What’s unique about retargeting is that fintech marketers can now more easily measure and report on the direct ROI of their advertising investments. If this has happened to you, then you have been hit with Retargeting. We’d love to hear from you.

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Accenture

JUNE 5, 2019

Late 19th century American farmers, threatened by industrialisation, had to use new tools and techniques to innovate and survive. As customers interact with mobile and other devices, they create an ever-expanding digital identity that reflects both the tools they use and how they prefer to use them.

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Insights on Business

JUNE 14, 2017

Pressures stem from a myriad of sources: competition from fintechs; unrelenting regulatory environment; associated costs of compliance (or non-compliance!); Using Watson Marketing analytics, data sources such as images, video and social media can be coaxed to reveal insight.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Banks are jostling for space in the market because an expanding number of FinTechs and large-scale technology companies are competing for the same set of consumers. Biometric tools can present their own challenges, however, as it can be difficult to verify customers’ biometric indicators when they are not collected during onboarding.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 3, 2019

Focus on digital marketing and social media , supplemented with physical outreach to drive digital , such as enhanced contact centers, bank-at-work programs, trade shows, art exhibits and other outreach. Consider fintech partnerships that offer digital delivery.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

As entrepreneurs race to digitize, develop new revenue streams, and find workarounds to what could have otherwise been crushing roadblocks to their business, FinTech partners have become critical allies to helping SMBs. That will be key in serving our SMB community and helping them succeed. A Future-Proofing Path.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Not only is that payments deal being extended — a sign of how FinTech is starting to play ever more closely with retail — but the two businesses will create and launch a FinTech accelerator. The next big thing in retail is the integration of FinTech and retail tech,” he said. “In Retail FinTech Trends. Omnichannel Power.

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William Mills

JANUARY 19, 2017

In our white paper, How is the Evolution from Print to Digital Changing Fintech PR? Here are 3 ways , we further discuss how the rise of digital media has changed our approach to public relations. In fact, here are just two reasons why we believe the new digital landscape is beneficial to Fintech: Need more content? No problem.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Interest in SMB lending overall has therefore sharpened in recent months as legacy banks, digital-only FinTechs and lenders have moved to close the PPP’s gaps, but quick disbursements still remain a priority for waiting SMBs. These are loan funds and other financial services that are “bundled” together within one product for efficiency.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In Rapid City, South Dakota, for example, MED5 Federal Credit Union (MED5 FCU) launched an upgraded website after collaborating with the FinTech OMNICOMMANDER , which works to provide CUs with a variety of online tools, including web design, social media and marketing services.

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Insights on Business

APRIL 28, 2017

The pressure of innovation — driven by the Fintechs — is another factor driving cognitive adoption and moving the industry towards a new way of working and a new way of servicing clients. It leverages a combination of structured and unstructured data, both proprietary and public, including social media channels.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The social media company made multiple bids for Fitbit in October, with a final offer of $7.30 In a feature story, Ticketmaster ’s Chief Information Officer Gui Karyo explains how machine learning tools and other advanced technologies are enhancing the fan experience while keeping fraudsters in check.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In the wake of high-profile breaches, a growing share of financial institutions (FIs) and other players are investing in new solutions and tools to authenticate and validate consumers’ identities. Even social media giants are looking to use bank data to offer new and improved services.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 18, 2017

These include, for example, investment research, customer due diligence, news curation or monitoring, social media analysis, and basic task Bots. CB Insights’ AI-Fintech map provides a good example of active use case categories. Learn more about the platform and free tools at IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

The role application programming interfaces (APIs) play in allowing financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs to cooperate on banking products without worrying about interoperability between systems is crucial. APIs can go offline for a number of reasons, such as planned maintenance or small glitches in a system’s code.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. In markets like Southeast Asia, high rates of credit-invisible, underbanked small businesses make filling the small business credit gap an even more difficult challenge.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The social media company pointed to a deceleration in the current quarter amid what it said would be ad targeting headwinds and said, too, that commerce initiatives remain an important strategy going forward. . But Digital AR platforms that have communication tools can help, according to FinTech VersaPay CEO Craig O’Neill.

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