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Key takeaways from ThinkBIG 2024: Insights for banks and credit unions

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However, some cracks are being seen now, particularly in areas like credit card debt, which may not have been main business lines but still impact us. We are looking at everything from online account opening to our banking platform's user experience. It's crucial to prop up and align our future potential customer base."

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Bitcoin Daily: VeChain Blockchain Platform Loses $6.7M In Cyberattack; Bottle Pay Bitcoin Startup Shuts Down Amid New EU Regulations

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VeChain, which was started in 2015 in Singapore, showcases a lending platform based on the blockchain that aids clients in assessing the quality of items purchased via supply chain analysis. The main goal of the project is to widen the bank’s understanding of the eKrona’s technological potential.

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Legacy FIs Losing Sight Of SMB Data Must Step Up With Digital Agility

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Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) got their clocks cleaned by the pandemic, and turning to their traditional lending sources, they’ve encountered sclerotic systems and outdated policies not conceived for the needs of the recovering Main Street merchants of 2021.

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Open Banking Can Scale With Incentives And API Aggregation

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In a discussion with Karen Webster, Samuel-Ogbu talked about the role of API aggregation and how incentives can help to ignite open banking, one of the main efforts now taking place in the world of payments and commerce. You need incentives to swallow up the slightly clunky user experience,” she said. API Aggregation.

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Amid Blockchain And Robotics Hype, Corporate Lenders Still Start With The Cloud

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It’s not only for consumers, though: Alternative lending firm Kabbage recently found that mobile lending is on the rise among small businesses, with a more than 360 percent increase in the number of SMB loans accessed via mobile device between April 2014 and February 2018.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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Marketplace lending. The blockchain can even end world poverty and transform society by making it safer for total strangers to lend each other money — without any third-party intermediary — and without any risk. Marketplace Lending. Blockchain. Digital banks. Blockchain. Take the blockchain.

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Visa Launches Installment APIs For Issuers And Merchants

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The installment lending playing field just got more interesting — and global — today (June 27). The goal is to create a consistent and ubiquitous user experience across the channels they shop by leveraging the credit and debit relationships already in place with their banks. Installment lending at the POS just isn’t available.

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