Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

In 2022, things changed with whiplash speed, as the Fed hiked interest rates to quell inflation, the mortgage refinance market dried up and the effects of macro changes, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to a talent shortage, began to be felt keenly. Illustration by Jill DeHaan. By Elizabeth Judd. Quick Stat.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2023

This article gives bankers a background on what it is, its risks, and how it will change everything from your infrastructure to your hiring practices. Tell it to text your customers as one of its goals, and it will sign up for a messaging app and send out a text. Instead of automation, banks can now have intelligent automation.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2015

A banker told me yesterday that if I wanted headlines in American Banker , put FinTech in my copy. So far I'm up to five mentions. If a bank deems a vendor critical to its operation, it must analyze the vendor's financial statements to be confident in its viability. We all know there is something to it. Legit question.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

On the eve of Yahoo’s acquisition of social networking platform Tumblr, then Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wrote a Tumblr post promising “not to screw it up.” Below, we look at some the worst mergers and acquisitions undertaken by large corporations, and how the good times went bad. The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. Microsoft and Nokia.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Money20/20 became quite the event in a very short time, with 10,000 – count ’em – attendees up from 2,300 only three years ago. Continuing on the “Pay” theme, we know all about Apple Pay and the noise it caused in the market last year. The logistics. Would we all take that growth? Big stories/buzz. Apple Pay … not.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. As a result, banks are facing dropping IPO profits. Table of contents.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. 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. But that’s for next year. First, find a comfy chair.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

My grandparents operated a much-loved corner grocery. I''ve got another installment or two in the pipeline, but since it''s already starting to feel like we are making our final descent into 2015, I wanted to take a step back and explain WHY those projects rose to the top. My wife loved Blockbuster. It took an hour!

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I like the idea but I am a bit concerned about the potential for fraud from both companies and investors. Check back for new updates throughout the day. An App Store for FinTech applications. I’ve seen these folks before, it’s pretty slick. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. I need to learn more.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. OK, show of hands.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. Employees are back to work. We are in awe.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

We are seeing it show up lots of places, it’s real and it’s great for this industry. That’s one helluva move up. and Operations center in a building they recently purchased as they look to double in size over the next five years: Cornerstone: Do you think you should build out your I.T. Cornerstone: Okay, let me back up a second.

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FICO

DECEMBER 14, 2016

A plethora of payment apps emerged in 2016, further upping the already densely populated payments landscape. Despite consumer confusion and high levels of market fragmentation, the payments landscape is going to get a lot messier–– brand-specific payment apps seem to be the next big wave—before any kind of front runner(s) emerge.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Takeaway 2 Banks should be proactive in understanding fraud trends and FinCEN priorities to prepare for future rulemaking. Beneficial ownership registry The AMLA was signed into effect in January 2021, paving the way for the first major BSA reform since the PATRIOT Act and encouraging a culture of compliance.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. 242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems. via TechCrunch.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It is a vehicle to perpetrate fraud.”. Clearance and Settlement Systems : Blockchain technology and distributed ledgers can reduce operational costs and bring us closer to real-time transactions between financial institutions. Last September, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took a stab at Bitcoin: “It’s worse than tulip bulbs.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” The overall transaction process is fairly straightforward, and can be benchmarked to the book-building and underwriting that an investment banker does. Tis the season. That’s about $75 billion in hopium.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 16, 2020

You are just minding your own business being a start-up, thinking “how many more months of capital do I have until we are bankrupt.” The overall transaction process is fairly straightforward, and can be benchmarked to the book-building and underwriting that an investment banker does. Tis the season. That’s about $75 billion in hopium.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

So pick up your ticket while you still can and join the 1,500-person gathering in Manhattan September 16 & 17. Market segments include insurance, banks, telecom, utilities, and property management. That means that our annual NYC conference – FinovateFall – is only a two weeks away.

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