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Shell companies and the hidden threat of entity risk. While not inherently illegal, shell companies have been getting a lot attention recently for the role they play in illegal activity. MORE
Key Takeaways The number of institutions banking cannabis grew significantly in 2019. Despite Federal ambiguity, State Regulators are beginning to clearly define their stances on cannabis banking. MORE
Cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payments firm MoneyGram has teamed up with foreign exchange and global money transfer company LuLu Money , MoneyGram announced on Tuesday (Jan. MORE
Dale Carnegie, America’s first self-help guru and author of “How To Win Friends & Influence People,” famously coined the phrase “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” as a practical aphorism for dealing with adversity. But this week, the people of Florida have an unusual rejoinder. MORE
Blockchain technology can provide excellent tools for supply chain management. Former Coca-Cola executive Kraig Adams talks about how he got involved with blockchain technology and how it will transform supply chain management MORE
Japan’s effort to nudge its more than 100 struggling regional lenders into the digital age is floundering. MORE
Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, January 24, 2019. MORE
Guest bloggers Philip Cooney and Gaurav Bansal explore the pain points around PSD2 and how banks are trying to reduce friction for their customers. A few weeks ago, I (Phil) submitted my weekly grocery order and set off to meet a friend for dinner. I expected to hear no more about it until my order…. MORE
We work on thousands of lending transactions every year with hundreds of community banks across the country. MORE
In large corporations today, the financial close process is time consuming and has multiple process bottlenecks that are disconnected. MORE
Triton Systems' Daryl Cornell predicts that 2020 will be a big year for tap and go, and that frustrations with Windows 10 will simmer MORE
In a move that signals Tokyo’s concern regarding China’s effort to make a digital yuan, as well as Facebook’s Libra, a collection of ruling party legislators is crafting a proposal for Japan to create its own cryptocurrency. MORE
Although most businesses fail in their first year, it is quite incredible just how many start-ups there are around the world doing something interesting with technology. According to Embroker: In 2016, 69% of U.S. entrepreneurs started their business at home. MORE
The race to create a challenger bank just got more competitive with a ready-made solution from core provider Temenos that can help brands stand up a digital bank in as few as 90 days. MORE
I’ve just been reading Jim Marous’s Digital Banking Report which ties in nicely with my new book Doing Digital, as the themes are similar. MORE
The growth of the ETF sector is well documented and the robo-advisory fintech growth merits a piece of this `success`. According to my estimates, last year digital investing from startups and incumbents represented roughly 12% of the entire ETF market. MORE
Things we’re reading today include … Executive at Portuguese bank co-owned by Isabel dos Santos is found dead JPMorgan board raises CEO Dimon’s pay to $31.5 MORE
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When The Financial Times does what they’re good at – covering financial markets and not technology – then they do produce some fascinating content. Case in point is the latest coverage of JPMorgan Chase’s (JPMC) 2019 results. MORE
A new report from Deutsche Bank says that mobile payment adoption will surge in the next five years, but cash will remain a critical part of many economies. MORE
The main blog headlines are … Survey: Banks just aren’t ready for digital I’ve just been reading Jim Marous’s Digital Banking Report which ties in nicely with my new book Doing Digital, as the themes are similar. MORE
Visa is launching a program to expand access to cash for rural and low income communities in the U.K. amid reduced access to branch banking and ATM coverage. The program gives incentives to retailers to provide cash back to customers MORE
Accenture’s ground-breaking 2019 Global Financial Services Consumer Study has seen four mindsets emerge from the data: Pioneers, Sceptics, Traditionalists and Pragmatists. In this series of blog posts, we’ll look at each type in the Australian context.¹ MORE
In August, Google announced a global crackdown on Android apps that offer short-term loans, saying it wanted to protect consumers from what it called “deceptive and exploitative” terms. MORE
Amid the digital upheaval in our industry, one thing hasn’t changed: regulatory compliance. In fact, given digital transformation, it is even more important that institutions maintain their compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations. MORE
Varun Mittal, Associate Partner with EY, recently posted a couple of interesting slides about the launch of virtual banking licences to encourage challenger banks in Asia. If you’re not aware, there’s a great deal of digital banking activity across Asia. MORE
Here is our pick of the 3 most important Security Tokens news stories during the week: One. Silicon Valley Coin by Andra Capital Uses Tezos Blockchain and TokenSoft for Its Security Token Offering. MORE
Another useful person in my online network is Steve McLaughlin of @FTPartners, who I spotted sent a tweet last week saying they had produced a challenger bank report. MORE
Toyota Finance New Zealand (TFNZ) has partnered with Ephesoft, an AI-powered data capturing platform, to help streamline and automate its loan-application processes, Ephesoft’s Founder and Chief Executive Ike Kavas told Auto Finance News. MORE
When you are a banker, sometimes your workload doesn’t come in neat memos or emails. A lot of stuff just gets dropped off on your desk with notes to “Fix This” (like below) or solve that. Fortunately, a lot of these problems are easy to solve. MORE
The New York City Council on Thursday (Jan. 23) passed a ban on cashless food and retail stores. The ban was reportedly spearheaded by Councilmember Ritchie Torres. MORE
Picture the scene. You approach the average shopper on the average high street and ask them how they think a bank decides whether or not to offer them a mortgage. What’s their response? Do they dive into an animated monologue about open data access requests, Big-Data-fuelled categorisation and fine-tuned machine learning algorithms? Or do they…. The post The future of mortgage decisioning is taking shape today appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog. MORE
Don’t look now, but virtual reality and augmented reality are starting to make bigger gains in the retail world. MORE
Italian postal service Poste Italiane is introducing a new payments technology in an effort to attract more domestic small businesses, according to a report by Reuters. Marco Siracusano, the head of digital payment company PostePay, shared the news on Friday (Jan. MORE
Mastercard and digital personal finance company SoFi have teamed up on a suite of products and experiences to benefit SoFi’s nearly one million customers, the companies announced in a release. MORE
Singapore is becoming a haven for e-commerce companies looking to get into banking in Asian markets. MORE
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 26, 2020
The main blog headlines are … Survey: Banks just aren’t ready for digital I’ve just been reading Jim Marous’s Digital Banking Report which ties in nicely with my new book Doing Digital, as the themes are similar.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 24, 2020
In a move that signals Tokyo’s concern regarding China’s effort to make a digital yuan, as well as Facebook’s Libra, a collection of ruling party legislators is crafting a proposal for Japan to create its own cryptocurrency.
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Chris Skinner
JANUARY 22, 2020
I’ve just been reading Jim Marous’s Digital Banking Report which ties in nicely with my new book Doing Digital, as the themes are similar.
Mobile Payments Today
JANUARY 21, 2020
Blockchain technology can provide excellent tools for supply chain management. Former Coca-Cola executive Kraig Adams talks about how he got involved with blockchain technology and how it will transform supply chain management
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2020
Japan’s effort to nudge its more than 100 struggling regional lenders into the digital age is floundering.
Abrigo
JANUARY 21, 2020
Key Takeaways The number of institutions banking cannabis grew significantly in 2019. Despite Federal ambiguity, State Regulators are beginning to clearly define their stances on cannabis banking.
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 23, 2020
Although most businesses fail in their first year, it is quite incredible just how many start-ups there are around the world doing something interesting with technology. According to Embroker: In 2016, 69% of U.S. entrepreneurs started their business at home.
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PYMNTS
JANUARY 24, 2020
Italian postal service Poste Italiane is introducing a new payments technology in an effort to attract more domestic small businesses, according to a report by Reuters. Marco Siracusano, the head of digital payment company PostePay, shared the news on Friday (Jan.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2020
Toyota Finance New Zealand (TFNZ) has partnered with Ephesoft, an AI-powered data capturing platform, to help streamline and automate its loan-application processes, Ephesoft’s Founder and Chief Executive Ike Kavas told Auto Finance News.
Insights on Business
JANUARY 21, 2020
Shell companies and the hidden threat of entity risk. While not inherently illegal, shell companies have been getting a lot attention recently for the role they play in illegal activity.
Mobile Payments Today
JANUARY 23, 2020
Visa is launching a program to expand access to cash for rural and low income communities in the U.K. amid reduced access to branch banking and ATM coverage. The program gives incentives to retailers to provide cash back to customers
PYMNTS
JANUARY 21, 2020
Cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payments firm MoneyGram has teamed up with foreign exchange and global money transfer company LuLu Money , MoneyGram announced on Tuesday (Jan.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 23, 2020
Amid the digital upheaval in our industry, one thing hasn’t changed: regulatory compliance. In fact, given digital transformation, it is even more important that institutions maintain their compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Accenture
JANUARY 23, 2020
Accenture’s ground-breaking 2019 Global Financial Services Consumer Study has seen four mindsets emerge from the data: Pioneers, Sceptics, Traditionalists and Pragmatists. In this series of blog posts, we’ll look at each type in the Australian context.¹
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 23, 2020
Things we’re reading today include … Executive at Portuguese bank co-owned by Isabel dos Santos is found dead JPMorgan board raises CEO Dimon’s pay to $31.5
Banker to Banker
JANUARY 20, 2020
We work on thousands of lending transactions every year with hundreds of community banks across the country.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 25, 2020
Dale Carnegie, America’s first self-help guru and author of “How To Win Friends & Influence People,” famously coined the phrase “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” as a practical aphorism for dealing with adversity. But this week, the people of Florida have an unusual rejoinder.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 24, 2020
Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap video series, for the week ending Friday, January 24, 2019.
Accenture
JANUARY 22, 2020
Guest bloggers Philip Cooney and Gaurav Bansal explore the pain points around PSD2 and how banks are trying to reduce friction for their customers. A few weeks ago, I (Phil) submitted my weekly grocery order and set off to meet a friend for dinner. I expected to hear no more about it until my order….
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 21, 2020
Another useful person in my online network is Steve McLaughlin of @FTPartners, who I spotted sent a tweet last week saying they had produced a challenger bank report.
Banker to Banker
JANUARY 20, 2020
When you are a banker, sometimes your workload doesn’t come in neat memos or emails. A lot of stuff just gets dropped off on your desk with notes to “Fix This” (like below) or solve that. Fortunately, a lot of these problems are easy to solve.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 23, 2020
The New York City Council on Thursday (Jan. 23) passed a ban on cashless food and retail stores. The ban was reportedly spearheaded by Councilmember Ritchie Torres.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 24, 2020
In August, Google announced a global crackdown on Android apps that offer short-term loans, saying it wanted to protect consumers from what it called “deceptive and exploitative” terms.
Accenture
JANUARY 24, 2020
Picture the scene. You approach the average shopper on the average high street and ask them how they think a bank decides whether or not to offer them a mortgage. What’s their response? Do they dive into an animated monologue about open data access requests, Big-Data-fuelled categorisation and fine-tuned machine learning algorithms? Or do they…. The post The future of mortgage decisioning is taking shape today appeared first on Accenture Banking Blog.
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 20, 2020
Varun Mittal, Associate Partner with EY, recently posted a couple of interesting slides about the launch of virtual banking licences to encourage challenger banks in Asia. If you’re not aware, there’s a great deal of digital banking activity across Asia.
ATM Marketplace
JANUARY 21, 2020
As banks pilot or expand their video banking plans , what should they consider? Follow 5 easy tips
PYMNTS
JANUARY 20, 2020
The rumors about hand-based payments out of Amazon have been building for the last few months.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 20, 2020
Singapore is becoming a haven for e-commerce companies looking to get into banking in Asian markets.
Daily Fintech
JANUARY 20, 2020
The growth of the ETF sector is well documented and the robo-advisory fintech growth merits a piece of this `success`. According to my estimates, last year digital investing from startups and incumbents represented roughly 12% of the entire ETF market.
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 19, 2020
When The Financial Times does what they’re good at – covering financial markets and not technology – then they do produce some fascinating content. Case in point is the latest coverage of JPMorgan Chase’s (JPMC) 2019 results.
Perficient Financial Servies
JANUARY 23, 2020
In large corporations today, the financial close process is time consuming and has multiple process bottlenecks that are disconnected.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 21, 2020
Don’t look now, but virtual reality and augmented reality are starting to make bigger gains in the retail world.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2020
The race to create a challenger bank just got more competitive with a ready-made solution from core provider Temenos that can help brands stand up a digital bank in as few as 90 days.
Daily Fintech
JANUARY 23, 2020
Here is our pick of the 3 most important Security Tokens news stories during the week: One. Silicon Valley Coin by Andra Capital Uses Tezos Blockchain and TokenSoft for Its Security Token Offering.
ATM Marketplace
JANUARY 21, 2020
Triton Systems' Daryl Cornell predicts that 2020 will be a big year for tap and go, and that frustrations with Windows 10 will simmer
PYMNTS
JANUARY 23, 2020
Mastercard and digital personal finance company SoFi have teamed up on a suite of products and experiences to benefit SoFi’s nearly one million customers, the companies announced in a release.
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