PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2018

But according to a new report from EY, it would be unfair to say that regulation is the only driving force behind large banks’ changing market strategies. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Optimism Up. North American banks are among the most optimistic, EY found.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Providing onboarding services in the Latin American market is both an exciting opportunity and a challenging one. If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation.

Innovation 161

Innovation Payments Regional America 161

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

The legal cannabis market’s financial services challenges are, by now, well-known. Credit unions and regional or community banks have stepped in to fill the banking gap, making barriers to accessing much needed financial services lower than ever before for marijuana businesses. But current legacy rails can make this difficult.

Innovation 210

Innovation Payments Tools Compliance 210

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) has appointed Goldman Sachs alum Robin Vince as its new vice chair and CEO of global market infrastructure as of Oct. In his new position, Vince will oversee BNY Mellon's Clearance and Collateral Management, Treasury Services, Markets and Pershing businesses, the release says.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

The average FinTech deal size in the region is doubling, but B-Hive noted a decrease in the number of deals. It is a very good test market,” Drappa said. The market being small, you can test your product on different population[s] with reduced marketing fees.”

Fintech 218

Fintech Marketing Innovation Analytics 218

The Paypers

JUNE 14, 2022

Unchain Fintech Festival has collected data from top banking and fintech representatives for a market study called Fintech Under the Spotlight focused on the CEE region.

Regional 53

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

The question for the 2020s, and the focus of her remarks at the big show in New York last week, is about innovations itself — what is truly leading in innovation and what constitutes being a laggard? The latter is innovative; the former is, well, just a tweak. Testing Innovation . The answer, she noted, is complex.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 19, 2019

The region, which includes countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, among others, is a widely under-banked market. Fintech in Southeast Asia is reaching new records for both deals and funding. One of the reasons for this rise may be, perhaps surprisingly, the ride-hailing business.

Fintech 210

Fintech Marketing Regional Report 210

Bank Innovation

JULY 20, 2016

Regions Financial Corp. The Regions-Avant partnership was announced last April. is using its upcoming Avant deployment as an opportunity to “refresh” its digital offerings. “[W]e’re in the process even Read More.

Regional 150

Regional Online Company Lending 150

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have heard the call for innovative digital ordering capabilities, with several major brands stepping up their investments in this area. Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

And in bank regulation, open banking is developing at a fast clip in Brazil, while the pandemic may have sped up the digital banking shift in many markets beyond the region. All this, Today in Data. Data: . 1,495: Sale price of Liteboxer’s connected fitness equipment. 23%: Share of U.S.

Innovation 130

Innovation Regional Data Digital Banking 130

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

With the subscription market set to reach more than $500 billion by 2023 , consumers now purchase things like music streaming, software and groceries through subscription services. But just because a merchant is successful in its home market, doesn’t mean they are also guaranteed success abroad. How Do Consumers Want to Pay?

Regional 108

Regional Payments Cards America 108

Perficient

AUGUST 4, 2023

In today’s rapidly advancing technology landscape, businesses face a profound revolution in operations, customer interactions, and innovative endeavors. The report offers an in-depth overview of 38 digital transformation service providers, offering valuable insights into the market landscape.

Digital Strategies 419

Digital Strategies Strategy Customer Experience Report 419

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., as well as the launch of the Flex by Finaxar initiative from Finaxar.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

By being more transparent with in-store technology, brands can help dispel some of the negative connotations around ‘push marketing.’ The market is growing and will reach some $10.2 Related Innovation. Beacons are hardly the only innovation physical retailers are turning to as the holidays and a new decade approach.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2019

The drivers of this modest change are that we now include the sentiment and uncertainty effects and that financial markets have responded notably to recent trade news.”. The region operates with “an economy which is largely based on trade,” Kocher noted, making it a prime target for bank-FinTech innovation.

Marketing 108

Marketing Regional Fintech Capital 108

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

Groups 116

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Not innovating is not an option. Perhaps in the early days of digital banking and mobile apps, innovative technology was a “nice to have,” but that is no longer the case. The Bank Innovation Readiness Index , in collaboration with payments solutions provider i2c , provides evidence to back that up.

Innovation 162

Innovation Branding Payments Survey 162

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

We imagine if presented with an iPhone, penicillin, an automobile or just a ballpoint pen, even the original scribe would have been forced to concede that exciting innovations might be coming up on humanity’s horizon in the intervening 30 centuries. So today (Sept. 30), the card network announced just such a FinTech partnership.

Marketing 211

Marketing Fintech Cards Branding 211

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

It’s one thing to want to improve or innovate. What’s harder — and what really makes the difference — is figuring how, where and when to innovate, a task that must take into account various factors and even wildcards that keep popping up in the growing and global digital economy and its various ecosystems. B2B Payments.

Innovation 178

Innovation Fintech Video Payments 178

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Innovation Challenges. Payments innovation, for starters, is an alien concept for many travel service providers, especially in the U.S. and Europe, which are often left to take lessons from payment advances in the Asia-Pacific region. Innovation Willingness. Where is that spark for innovation coming from?

Innovation 177

Innovation Payments Industry Study 177

South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Understanding the competitive banking landscape helps community banks set proper pricing, respond to rival marketing, and compete more effectively. Traditionally, community banks would compare their financial performance and health to similar-sized banks in their region. The same picture emerges for domestic deposits.

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National Lending How To Community Bank 195

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

Not only that, but 82 percent of travel companies innovate to combat the loss of customers, and 36 percent of travel companies expect innovations to decrease costs. Other areas of innovation and disruption for the travel industry are heavily focused around payments. That includes the payment of airline fares.

Innovation 152

Innovation Industry United States Payments 152

Perficient

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The world’s largest gathering of insurance innovation, InsureTech Connect (ITC) , is right around the corner. And our team of industry experts is excited to connect, collaborate, and address the most pressing business needs of national and regional carriers. Disrupt to win in the increasingly competitive insurance market.

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Conference Strategy Innovation Industry 221

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2018

but it may be smarter for those startups looking to break into that market to look at other regions, Eric Wiesen, general partner for Bullpen Capital, told Bank Innovation. “In EXCLUSIVE— The march of mobile banking and payments continues across the U.S., In the U.S.,

Payments 278

Payments Regional Mobile Capital 278

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Tala, the consumer lending app in emerging markets, announced Monday (Oct. In a press release , Tala said the undisclosed investment from PayPal will help the company bring visibility and access to underserved regions in emerging markets across the world. 22) a strategic investment from PayPal.

Lending 193

Lending Company Marketing Regional 193

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Payments company Ixaris has teamed up with travel industry company Sabre to expand into new European markets, with plans to eventually reach the Americas and Asia Pacific markets, according to a press release.

Marketing 130

Marketing Regional America Payments 130

PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2020

But when it comes to embedding payments, scale can be a challenge as they enter new markets and expand their customer bases. SaaS firms, he said, tend to follow a pattern as they leverage data (with insight into regional or local payment preferences) to expand beyond the U.S., moving into markets such as Canada, the U.K.,

Innovation 141

Innovation Payments Software Customer Experience 141

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Niklas Östberg , CEO and co-founder of Delivery Hero, said in a prepared statement: "Latin America is a region with exceptional growth potential for online delivery. They have everything it takes to go on and become the leading player in the region.". million active customers.

Regional 248

Regional America Operations US 248

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2016

All of this has occurred as the company has continued to expand the pilot phase of its global payments innovation (gpi) initiative, thus far signing on dozens of major financial institutions to an effort aimed at streamlining cross-border payments. Region Stacy Rosenthal didn’t speak directly of Ripple’s swipes.

Innovation 188

Innovation Payments Fintech New York 188

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

The market for wearable tech that monitors everything from your heartbeat to your blood sugar is booming, and caregivers are receiving previously unseen insight into the everyday health of their patients. percent until 2013.

Innovation 163

Innovation Payments Trends Technology 163

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Innovation is both genesis and lifeblood for companies, especially within the payments space. PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? Our approach to innovation is two-fold. Innovation is only valuable if it’s usable.

Innovation 121

Innovation Customer Experience Mobile Security 121

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB) was awarded the first digital banking license and Category 1 status from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Islamic Business & Finance reported on Wednesday (Sept.

Digital Banking 109

Digital Banking Marketing Innovation Regional 109

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Adeeb Ahamed, managing director of LuLu Financial Group , which is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, said the collaboration with MoneyGram “will revolutionize” how remittances are handled in the Asia-Pacific region, “changing the way people approach digital transactions.”. ” Launched in 2009, Lulu Money has five million users processing 1.1

Regional 250

Regional cryptocurrency System National 250

ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 8, 2020

As banking becomes ever more technology-driven, many banks are shifting from a mindset that puts big tech projects off to one side to one that embraces ongoing innovation, development and deployment. Regions Bank exemplifies the latter mindset.

Regional 52

Regional Innovation Technology Customer Experience 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Determining how to bridge that awareness divide and build out instant payments at speed might require these entities to look outside of their own markets, such as toward regions like the Nordics where instant payment solutions and usage has been s teadily gaining ground. Around The Disbursements World. Ninety percent of U.S.

Payments 246

Payments Regional Study Examples 246

Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Operational innovation is vital in a highly competitive financial services sector, with a new community of digital banks and other firms vying for market share. Drivers for Operational Innovation. These terms look good on paper, but what do they mean in practice for operational innovation?

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Operations Innovation Management Risk Management 138