South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Last week, the American Banking Association (ABA) held its annual Bank Marketing Conference in Denver, receiving rave reviews. The theme was – developing your marketing superpowers. Amid the brewery networking, superhero costumes, and fun, some fantastic bank marketing lessons were had, and not just for bank marketers.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. In markets like Australia, this is already happening. Over the […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices. Instant payments are gaining in international markets.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

FinTechs continue to push the envelope to see how far open banking frameworks can go in improving the SMB banking experience, and increasingly, SMB lending is shifting to the center of these collaborative efforts. ’s experience is quickly influencing the way SMB lenders approach open banking in other markets like the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2020

card companies just moved a step closer to gaining access to China’s $27 trillion payments market. China said it won’t take longer than 90 days to consider applications from providers of electronic-payments services such as Mastercard, Visa and American Express Co., The biggest U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. The SBA and NCUA collaboration is a three-year agreement that aims to build upon that momentum, and heighten CUs’ share of the SMB lending market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes the launch of business cards by American Express and Amazon in addition to one by Wyndham Hotel & Resorts and Barclays.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The level of market volatility hitting the U.S. It also opened the door for a boom of FinTech innovation and a flood of alternative lenders targeting the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) segment. “It comes in waves, there’s no doubt about it,” he said about the alt-lending boom. ” A Banking Pullback?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2017

There’s no disputing that the pace of innovation in consumer payments over the last several years has been quick and its reach broad. There’s been an abundance of innovation in where consumers shop, what they use to pay when they buy and the devices they use to enable those payments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

One of the key reasons for the complicated relationship – the term “frenemies” comes to mind – is that FinTech newcomers are demonstrating innovative approaches to traditional banking practices, including financial management services and money transfers, while older banks tend to be wedded to older systems.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

EXCLUSIVE – There were conflicting views on the importance of the FICO score at the PayThink Conference in Phoenix this week. While only some professionals were bold enough to say the standardized credit scoring has become marginalized, others maintained that it was here to stay.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Optimism Up.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 21, 2022

Finastra appoints Isabel Fernandez to accelerate lending business growth. Company welcomes Isabel to the Finastra leadership team, as EVP, Lending Business Unit. Finastra is building an open platform that accelerates collaboration and innovation in financial services, creating better experiences for people, businesses and communities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

According to Kris Puskar , senior vice president and business banking sales and innovation director at Eastern Bank , the current climate has forced both small businesses and their banks to shift their mindsets away from historical data and take a closer look at what's happening today in order to best prepare for tomorrow.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2017

ShopKeep’s mission has been to innovatively support the growth of the independent businesses we serve while making the lives of their owners and staff easier,” DeSimone continued. According to the company, its financing solution does not require fixed monthly payments. We’re not competing with financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. When most people asked “what’s next?”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Things move fast – perhaps too quickly at times – in payments and commerce. Making the most of those relationships served as the foundation of a new PYMNTS interview with Matthew Carpenter, senior vice president, market director for Elan. Payments Stickiness . Gen Z is growing up. million and 38.27

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). ICBA chose to back an accelerator program to speed up time to market, Tweddle said.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 11, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – German online lender Kreditech is making its way to India, Bank Innovation has learned. For this expedition, the fintech has teamed up with SaaS banking platform Mambu for providing short-term lending products specifically tailored to local consumers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Blockchain lending firm Figure Technologies announced that it has closed a $103 million series C funding round led by Morgan Creek Digital. MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Davies as head of Lending, Tony Morosini as vice president of Banking and Payments, and Tina McNulty as chief communications officer. and abroad.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

The lending industry was hit hard during the pandemic’s early months, with many banks and traditional lenders rapidly adjusting their standards and rates to accommodate businesses’ and consumers’ shifting needs. Payors surveyed stated that they made only 45 percent of all their disbursements via non-instant payment methods, in fact.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

What is the state of banking innovation today? Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A group of payment players announced Tuesday (Nov. Faster Payments Council (FPC), aimed at working toward a ubiquitous payment system that enables Americans to safely and securely pay anyone, anywhere and at any time with near-immediate funds availability. 13) that they created a new organization, dubbed U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Cryptocurrency-backed lending platform Cred is opening up its technology to third-party developers, the company has announced. The Crypto-Lending-as-a-Service (CLaaS) solution enables other crypto companies — including exchanges, crypto wallets or mining services — to integrate Cred’s lending functionality into their own solutions.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In a sign of the times in consumer lending, Auto Finance News today announced the launch of Auto Finance Innovation 2016, a new industry forum to explore the fintech revolution and how it is reshaping automotive lending and leasing.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 29, 2018

Marcus, the consumer lending platform of Goldman Sachs, added a new tool that lets users estimate the value certain renovations would add to the price of their house, before applying for a home improvement loan, Bank Innovation has learned.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Exagens Corp., Fintel Labs, iGTB, JUDI.AI, KapitalWise, OpenDoor Securities, and Operant.AI

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending industry is used to adaptation, especially since the 2008 financial crisis, when legacy financial institutions (FIs) began pulling back and FinTechs and digital players stepped up in the space. Outdated Lending Practices Fail To Meet SMBs’ Current Needs .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Those who work in and around high tech and innovation are lulled into a narrative about progress being on a march ever forward, rarely slowing, never stopping and certainly never turning around and marching in the wrong direction. . Once one gets outside of the top 25 banks in the U.S., The Soft Middle in Financial Services.

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Perficient

JANUARY 12, 2021

Smaller financial institutions will have to be more innovative and rely on third parties and as-a-service based solutions to specifically address the needs of the niche market they are servicing. Small Business Innovation. Small businesses remain an untapped marketing opportunity for the financial services industry.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Bank Innovation has released the agenda for its seventh annual fintech conference, and it is completely overhauled to enhance the event experience for attendees.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to the alternative lending market as a result of a massive gap in available capital, especially for small businesses and startups. The market’s creation was a spark that ignited a slew of disruptive changes for the small business financial services space.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What is the state of banking innovation today? Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation? Each year, we poll the industry to find out.

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Accenture

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Guest blogger Markus Naumer examines how digital payments technology is enhancing credit lending and showing promise in addressing consumer credit-aversion challenges. In most European countries, for example, unsecured card lending is less than 18 percent of total unsecured consumer lending.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

customer numbers have outperformed other markets. […]. The point-of-sale lender announced this week it has more U.S. customers than customers in New Zealand and in Australia, where it is headquartered. This is the first time since the company’s 2014 launch that its U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

This statistic is emblematic of a larger problem in the world of B2B payments. Many businesses are weighed down by antiquated, paper-intensive payment processes, even as one-touch digital payment tools have proliferated for consumers. Deep Dive: Tapping The Trillion-Dollar Market Potential Of The Baas Model.

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