2001 Digital Banking Online 
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 10, 2020
Financial laws governing such transactions date back to 1970 when the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) was enacted , requiring financial institutions (FIs) to report transactions of $10,000 or more. Know your customer (KYC) policies were introduced with the Patriot Act in 2001 following 9/11, intended to help stem the flow of funding to terrorists.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
That brought about an idea to create a card that would give kids — who didn’t have a credit card, but did have access to high-speed internet at school — a way to buy things online. By 2001, sales were good enough that Streit was able to persuade CVS and Walgreens to get in on the action. area Rite Aid stores in 1998.
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PYMNTS
JULY 9, 2018
Digital music has been unbundled since the iPod and iTunes got a head of steam in 2001. Music is sold by the song — for those who still buy digital music — but more likely those songs are streamed, one song at a time, from services like Spotify and Apple Music.
Fintech Labs Insights
APRIL 12, 2024
Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago.
Fintech Labs Insights
MAY 12, 2021
Bank of Montreal online mortgage app circa Jan 1998 (via Internet archive). It’s telling that Apply by Phone/Fax were more prominent than Apply Online. files over the weekend, I ran across an Online Banking Report article I wrote in 1997 about Bank of Montreal’s pioneering online mortgage application.
Fintech Labs Insights
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
About Fintech Labs : Launched as a financial services UX consultancy in 2001, Fintech Labs serves small business owners with its guide to digital financial services and fintech. Related: Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Feb 2022). Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. small businesses.
Fintech Labs Insights
JULY 30, 2024
files recently, I ran across an Online Banking Report article I wrote in 1997 about Bank of Montreal’s pioneering online mortgage application. It was the first time anyone had put a mortgage app online and one of the first online credit apps of any kind.** Cleaning out some (paper!)
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