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The BaaS Gold Rush is On

Gonzobanker

To do this, banks can leverage their competencies in payments, lending, operations, and risk management while using the earnings generated from BaaS to transform their core business. and risk SWAT team that understands architecture, APIs, next-gen programming, UX, and technology risk to effectively work inside this ecosystem.

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Banks On Notice: Fintechs Are Coming For Checking Accounts & Debit Cards

CB Insights

These companies come from diverse fintech backgrounds — P2P money transfers, wealth management, lending — but all are rushing to create checking account alternatives within their pre-existing products. This backdoor around banking regulations could prove to be extremely fruitful for fintechs in the future.

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Calling All Startups: Reinvent the Mortgage Process (Please)

Fintech Labs Insights

The poster child for bad UX was the denial of a mortgage to previous Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke last year. That’s not nearly the amount of change I expected in this vital area, but the re-regulation of the mortgage industry, thanks to the housing debacle of 2008 to 2012, has taken it’s toll on innovations.

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Top 5 Customer Development Posts of 2022: Digital Banking and Pricing Opti

FICO

The business model here needs to focus on a strategy that balances lending growth while keeping risk in check. Simplify Complex Loan Pricing Problems Outpricing the competition means directly tackling the complexity of the loan pricing problems financial services face in today’s crowded, dynamic, and highly regulated markets.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Even with worries around an allegedly discriminatory algorithm, Silicon Valley UX met big bank Wall Street money in slick onboarding that has our attention. From app and decision to credentials and top-of-wallet in under three minutes followed by helpful follow-up content emails, the Apple Card has redefined consumer expectations.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. As expected, these rate hikes stopped the mortgage industry in its tracks.

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