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Inside The Royal Bank of Scotland’s Innovation Strategy

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Traditional banks cannot afford to ignore fintechs. What started out as a nascent subsect of the broader financial space is now at the forefront of how people bank. The impact of fintechs on how people bank has not gone unnoticed by The Royal Bank of Scotland, who over the past 18 months under […].

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Fintech Unfiltered: Inside HSBC Bank USA’s Lofty Innovation Strategy for 2018 [Podcast]

Bank Innovation

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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Data shows smaller FIs are far behind because of weaker mobile technology

Bank Innovation

New data shows why significant gaps in mobile banking capabilities are complicating these FIs’ struggles to keep up. Smaller banks and credit unions are under increasing pressure from larger banks and tech-centric financial services companies.

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Tencent teams with state-backed UnionPay on mobile payments

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will soon unify the mobile codes that consumers scan to pay for purchases, granting the Chinese central bank-backed network a bigger foothold in a $27 trillion payments arena. Tencent Holdings Ltd. and China UnionPay Co.

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Backed by MUFG, payments app Kyash wants to get into consumers’ mobile wallets

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Japanese mobile payments app Kyash is making a play for consumer wallets with a Venmo-style digital and physical debit card that handles merchant paym.

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Fifth Third’s Fintech Efforts Seen Generating $100 Million of Annual Revenue

Bank Innovation

PREMIUM - The digital and innovation strategy behind Fifth Third, one the largest regional banks in the country, is simple: build, buy, partner. That strategy has worked well for the bank.The company told Bank Innovation that it has invested $100 million in fintech over the past 22 months and that it expects to make about […].

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BNP Paribas Launches Global Investment Fund, Plans Five Investments Per Year

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE – Paris-based BNP Paribas announced this week that it has launched a startup investment fund, and called this move the final piece in its innovation strategy.