Bank Innovation

APRIL 23, 2020

Some of the country’s trillion-dollar banks have spent the past three years launching digital offshoots that mimic their startup competitors, but the promise of stand-alone personal finance management apps from incumbent banks remains largely unfulfilled.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The firm’s second fund will focus on early-stage startups that cover wealth management, banking and insurance, including direct-to-consumer and business-to-business models. Canadian venture capital firm Portag3 is continuing its global push with the close of a C$427 million ($320 million) fintech fund this week.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2020

The company, which provides guidance to senior management of financial institutions in the Americas, shed light on potential solutions to some of the business implications stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak in a white paper shared […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

According to Chain Store Age , the criteria for the award include successful development and executions of product, store, online and service innovation strategies; delivery of an outstanding in-store experience; excellent customer service; and strong financial performance. Founded in 1909 by American businessman H.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

There is a mountain of friction in commercial payments today that seems to have held the industry back from the kind of rocket-pace innovation propelling retail and consumer payments into the future. Opaque payments moving sluggishly across borders and between banks. That’s a pretty significant change.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 16, 2019

With its mixture of personal finance management tools, savings features and remodeled branches, Virgin Money is aiming for […]. The brand released a new current account for U.K. customers last week, the first product launched by the bank since it was acquired by CYBG in 2018.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

billion, industry watchers are questioning whether this might prompt wealth management tech firm Envestnet to sell aggregator Yodlee, which it acquired in 2015 for $590 million. On the heels of Visa‘s acquisition of data aggregator Plaid for $5.3 The speculation was initially raised by Raymond James analysts in a report released Jan.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 22, 2019

On Monday, the company rolled out a series of digital tools to help customers manage their portfolios while driving, but the Omaha-based […]. With average commutes in the U.S. lasting around 27 minutes and with millions commuting for at least an hour per day, TD Ameritrade wants to seize the opportunity to reach a captive market.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In September, Bank of China launched an innovation lab through a contract with IBM to fend off competition from these platforms, which function as hubs for e-commerce, banking and social media. According to Likhit Wagle, general manager […].

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Bank Innovation

JULY 22, 2019

On Monday, the company rolled out a series of digital tools to help customers manage their portfolios while driving, but the Omaha-based […]. With average commutes in the U.S. lasting around 27 minutes and with millions commuting for at least an hour per day, TD Ameritrade wants to seize the opportunity to reach a captive market.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Digital financial services from lending to asset management are expected to generate at least $38 billion of annual revenue across Southeast Asia by 2025, more than tripling from $11 billion in 2019, according to a new study by Bain & Co., Google and Temasek Holdings Pte.

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BankInovation

JULY 24, 2020

While the retail industry quickly implemented practical online solutions such as click and collect to meet changing customer needs, banking and financial services fell behind,” Sitel Group said in a financial services industry snapshot of […].

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BankInovation

JUNE 30, 2020

The former investment banker and fund manager has set up 1fs:Wealth, a London-based technology firm that aims to help family offices and rich individuals manage their assets. Bobby Console-Verma isn’t letting the pandemic slow down his business plans. He plans […].

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BankInovation

JULY 10, 2020

“Not only we, at Wells Fargo, but Early Warning and its network banks have seen a significant increase in businesses using disbursements with Zelle,” said Michelle Ziolkowski, head of global payables in treasury management at Wells Fargo. Big banks, meanwhile, are adopting fusion centers to […].

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BankInovation

MAY 28, 2020

For Advia Credit Union, digital chatbot technology from LogMeIn was a “saving grace” according to Joli Hensley, manager of digital channels.

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BankInovation

MAY 6, 2020

Financial inclusion begins at the enabling layer, which is where Galileo focuses,” said Tory Jackson, Galileo’s in-country manager for Mexico. Galileo, the financial services API and payments platform behind big-name fintechs like Chime and Robinhood, announced its expansion into Mexico last week through a certification with Mastercard.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 10, 2020

One week after the Small Business Administration launched its Paycheck Protection Program, banks and fintechs alike are still navigating best practices to get funding into the hands of small business clients. As COVID-19 continues to rattle the economy, startups are launching new products and features to engage customers.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 20, 2020

The novel coronavirus may be closing bank branches nationwide, but some digital-only financial institutions are trying not to exploit consumer fears. Being a branchless bank is part of who we are, but we don’t want to resort to scare tactics,” said Nicole Lorch, chief operating officer at First Internet Bank. The Fishers, Ind.-based

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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

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

While the hype around chatbots and digital assistants may have reached a crescendo years ago, banks and the technology companies serving them are now investing in the “brains” behind digital conversational assistants, which can be applied across many use cases, including chat and voice.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2020

Today, if you are not a frontline employee, you are working from home,” said Jason Shields, vice president and loan operations manager at Gulf Coast Bank, which is based in New Orleans. With the novel coronavirus forcing employees to work from home, banking technology and security infrastructures are being put to the test.?

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BankInovation

AUGUST 10, 2020

geographic perspective, Chief Digital Officer Brett Pitts told Bank Innovation. financial institutions to launch digital bank accounts in 2021 that can be managed through Google Pay. […]. BMO Financial Group is betting on its partnership with Google to be a “growth engine” for the company from a U.S.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Financial technology startups will enter the next decade with a little more street cred than the last time around. Nearly 60 upstarts focusing on financial services — from Stripe Inc. to Chime Inc. to Plaid Inc. — have garnered valuations of more than $1 billion in recent years, according to CB Insights.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 13, 2020

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, rattling the economy, banks are reevaluating their business propositions to clients.? WaFd, formerly Washington Federal Bank, is offering interest-free lines of credit of up to $200,000 to small businesses as a result of the pandemic.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The parameters around how consumer financial information should be shared with third-party apps and platforms was the subject of debate at an industry forum organized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2020

What is the role of innovation in response to these rapidly unfolding events? 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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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2019

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

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 16, 2020

EST, Bank Innovation will host a Zoom meeting for subscribers titled “Regulators’ and Financial Institutions’ Pandemic Responses: What Do We Know, What Can We Know, and When Can We Know It?” On Tuesday at 12 p.m.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 11, 2020

Simple, one of the first mobile-only banks in the U.S, is in the midst of rethinking its customer experience to keep pace with new expectations. To do this, it’s querying its customer base to understand pain points, an effort led by former Tesla executive Moin Moinuddin, who joined the company as vice president of engineering […].

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2020

Banks are accelerating their technology projects in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Whether its Happy State Bank pushing out video teller machines or TSB Bank launching a virtual assistant in five days, banks are trying to find new ways to connect with customers during times of social distancing. Legacy banks in the U.S. and Canada […].

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 27, 2020

Rising Bank, the digital offshoot of St. Louis-based Midwest BankCentre, gained $130 million in deposits in 2019. With the success of the stand-alone digital bank, which launched in January 2019, Midwest BankCentre is now incorporating new technologies into its traditional online banking.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 16, 2020

As Moven begins shutting down its consumer-facing businesses, the digital banking platform is funneling its customers to Varo Money.? Moven has been a pioneer in the digital banking space and a longtime inspiration.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Intuit, the business and financial software company behind TurboTax, QuickBooks and Mint, plans to buy personal finance platform Credit Karma for $7.1 billion, the companies announced this week.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 31, 2020

Dear Reader, For 25 years, Royal Media, Bank Innovation’s publisher, has dedicated itself to serving its business communities with professionalism and integrity. Today, the coronavirus pandemic has created significantly more complexity and uncertainty in our daily lives.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 11, 2020

At Royal Media, Bank Innovation‘s publisher, we take great pride in the value of our exceptional industry conferences and the effort we put into their production. We rightly view our more than a dozen annual conferences as crucial opportunities for business development in our industries.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The impact of Visa’s Plaid acquisition for $5.3 billion continues to fuel speculation about the future of data aggregator Yodlee, which Envestnet acquired in 2015 for $590 million. At issue is whether Envestnet is exploring options for Yodlee, including a possible sale.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 6, 2020

Jack Henry, the banking technology provider that specializes in community and regional banks, is expecting banks to increase their human-digital approaches in 2020.

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