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What Does ‘Operational Efficiency’ and ‘Pragmatism’ Mean for Innovation?

Bank Innovation

The future is always uncertain, but banks must prepare now, and this may spell trouble for innovation teams. recently notified about 1,000 employees in its Consumer Banking and Payments, Virtual Solutions and Innovations groups of the bank’s plans to eliminate their positions. Signs point to more difficult economic times ahead.

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How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs

PYMNTS

In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and banks' subsequent pullback from the small- to medium-sized business ( SMB ) lending arena, a slew of alternative lenders emerged onto the scene to fill the credit gap. It is now not only a competitive advantage, but an essential requirement for lenders to operate digitally, said Marceau.

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Banking Innovation Enters New Era; Consolidation Now The Rule

PYMNTS

In what’s beginning to feel like something of a trend in recent years, the payments landscape has seen its latest big global consolidation. Italian payments processor Nexi SpA recently announced plans to purchase private equity-owned rival Nets A/S, creating Europe’s biggest payments firm by volume.

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SBA Promotes Credit Union SMB Lending

PYMNTS

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. Credit Unions In Growth Mode.

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How Opening Bank Data Can Transform SMB Lending

PYMNTS

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. In the U.K., ’s experience is quickly influencing the way SMB lenders approach open banking in other markets like the U.S.

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2016 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping the Future of Banking

Bank Innovation

Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit. Read More.

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India Introduces New Laws, Cap Regarding P2P Lending

PYMNTS

“Further, all the lenders shall submit declaration to P2P platforms that they have understood all the risks associated with lending transactions and that P2P platform does not assure return of principal/payment of interest,” the RBI said. The RBI also recently provided guidelines for payment systems.

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