2017 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping the Future of Banking
Bank Innovation
JUNE 12, 2017
2017 was a tumultuous year, but despite some stops and starts, innovation in finance is only gaining more momentum.
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Bank Innovation
JUNE 12, 2017
2017 was a tumultuous year, but despite some stops and starts, innovation in finance is only gaining more momentum.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
Fintechs are partnering with banks, banks are using blockchain technology, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency and financial regulation is still undergoing massive changes. 2017 has been a […]. 2017 has been a […].
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Chris Skinner
JUNE 8, 2017
I sit on the judging panel for the FinTech 50, now in its fifth year, and the final list was revealed yesterday. Chosen from a long-list of over 1,500 companies across Europe, The Fintech50 2017 – the most hotly contested in its five-year history – features 24 businesses new to the list.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 19, 2017
EXCLUSIVE — The year of 2017 has been marked with more than a few good and not-so-good trends: but we’ll stick to fintech.
Chris Skinner
JULY 26, 2017
Innovate Finance has just published their report on the first half of 2017, and the investments made in FinTech. Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 Billion in H1 2017 –with UK investment up 37% reveals Innovate Finance H1 2017 saw 787 deals globally, attracting $6.5 decrease in deal volume.
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
What is the state of banking innovation today? Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation? Each year, we poll the industry to find out.
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
EXCLUSIVE – Everything in banking is changing: fintechs are solidifying their place in the financial ecosystem, as challenger banks, online lenders, and blockchain technology providers become essential functions to keep the industry moving forward.
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Those innovations may seem cool to the wider public, but we – the fintech-obsessed – dig deeper to uncover the underlying coolness within mainstream Read More. What Amazon did with “Just Walk Out” stores was cool. Snap’s Spectacles – also interesting. Some may argue that Pokemon Go had a good run too.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 2, 2017
The fintech world has been going through a sort of an IPO freeze recently. The headwinds created by certain fintechs this year (looking at you, LendingClub) didn’t help much either. Venture capital funding continued to fall in the third quarter, according to data from KPMG Enterprise and CB Insights. Global financing Read More.
Bank Innovation
MAY 17, 2017
In a mood for some fintech inspiration? At the TechCrunch Disrupt 2017 event, currently taking place in New York, Bank Innovation came across a gauntlet of bright, shiny new fintechs. Here are five of our favorites: Spendwallet While major banks are busy building NFC-enabled digital wallets, this fintech […].
Bank Innovation
JUNE 8, 2018
What is the state of banking innovation today? Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 15, 2017
If it feels like innovation has been one of the hot themes of 2017 in the financial world, it’s because its true. A new report shows that despite many companies struggling to maintain a culture of innovation, financial services companies are among the top three industries getting it right.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 30, 2018
EXCLUSIVE – If the future of banking is partnering with fintech startups, then finding the most innovative and efficient fintechs becomes crucial for banks’ success. based The Venture Center’s FinTech Accelerator program, which is backed by financial […]. One such program is Little Rock, Ark.-based
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 30, 2016
For the last episode of the year, Brett King hosts a group of Fintech all-stars — Chris Skinner, Jim Marous, Dave Birch, Ghela Boskovich, and Penny Crosman to review a bit of 2016 and talk about the trends and predictions for 2017. What’s Next?
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
India may overtake China as the world’s leader in fintech service adoption, according to a report released by Ernst & young, entitled EY FinTech Adoption Index 2017.
Bank Innovation
APRIL 10, 2017
P2P, e-commerce, InsurTech, and neobanks–2017 is certainly shaping up to be a great year to shake up your smartphone contents with the latest fintech novelties. That’s why Bank Innovation has put together its annual list of the best newly-arrived fintech […].
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
In this episode of Breaking Banks, host Brett King explores the growing landscape of Chinese and Indian fintech–in between keynoting at the 2017 NextMoney Fintech Finals in Hong Kong.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 27, 2016
Capital One’s Treasury Management Group is already looking ahead to how corporate treasurers will face the most modern of challenges in 2017. A new survey from the group published earlier this month found that 83 percent of treasurers are gearing up to upgrade existing technologies, or implement entirely new ones, in the coming year.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 12, 2018
Fintech lender Tandem has officially completed its acquisition of Harrods Bank, a move that grants the London-based lender a banking license, it announced yesterday.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 10, 2016
“The use of Artificial Intelligence to anticipate the customer’s needs will be an area of growth not only in 2017 but throughout the foreseeable future. AI Anticipates Customer Needs Andy Hernandez, Head of eBusiness, Regions Financial Corp. Simply put, we want to break down barriers for customers by consistently Read More.
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Companies from a wide range of fintech are finalists in the demo contest at Bank Innovation 2017, the event announced today. A total of 12 companies will demo at Bank Innovation. The finalists were chosen from applicants from around the world. The winning startup will be named Best in Show. Read More.
Bank Innovation
JULY 28, 2017
This year could be the year that VC- backed fintech investment deals and funding reach an all-time high. According to a report by CB Insights, released earlier this week, venture capital-backed fintech companies across the globe raised a total of $5.2 Billion across 251 deals in the second quarter of this year.
Bank Innovation
OCTOBER 11, 2017
A majority of American consumers want to do their banking online, and think that physical financial institutions are moving to their end as well as agree that larger banks don’t innovate fast enough for new customer needs. But, that majority still won’t leave their bank for a younger fintech model, according to the 2017 Annual […].
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
As mentioned on Friday, they see … The post The regulator’s view of bitcoin, 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. These central banks have run trials and are thinking about it, but none of them are particularly big on blockchain right now.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 7, 2018
EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 10, 2016
Consolidation, and Winners Emerging Brew Johnson and Brett Crosby, Cofounders, PeerStreet Brew: “I think the biggest trends will be consolidation in the marketplace lending and crowdfunding space, and increased partnerships/collaboration between banks and fintech companies.”
Accenture
JANUARY 19, 2017
And for FinTech, there’s no question that 2017 will be a fascinating journey. The pace of innovation remains frenetic, with new initiatives in RegTech and InsurTech, to solutions addressing payments, Read more. The start of a new year is rich in possibilities.
Chris Skinner
FEBRUARY 16, 2018
I was sent a nice list of the Top 50 FinTech firms selected by Forbes. billion poured into fintech startups in 2017, Accenture reports, up 18% from 2016. With so much in play, it’s not surprising that 22 companies are new on this, the … The post Who are the hottest FinTech firms and Influencers around the world?
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 13, 2017
EXCLUSIVE—Investors don’t need to wait for Initial Coin Offerings to reach their full potential: this way of raising capital is already redefining how businesses in certain markets can operate, Taynaah Reis, CEO for cooperative banking system company Moeda told Bank Innovation.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 15, 2017
How shall 2017 go down in the history books? Search Google for “2017: the year of…” and it becomes clear that many have seen this as a year of “death” and “disaster.” Still others decided not to get philosophical about it at all, searching merely for “2017: the year of the rooster” or “the year of our Lord.”.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 7, 2017
This was one of the key questions debated by the fintech professionals attending Bank Innovation 2017, currently taking place here. SAN JOSE, Calif.– – Has banking had its “Uber moment,” or is the industry still waiting? Since then, its reputation has had […].
Accenture
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
Connecting more than 8,000 decision makers and thought leaders across the industry, Sibos 2017 in Toronto was once again the platform where the global financial community explored the disruptions and opportunities in payments driven by innovation, technology and new business models.
Chris Skinner
MARCH 23, 2017
They manage the Fintech Istanbul program, and are the powerhouse behind many of the innovations we’ve seen in Turkey from mobile wallets to contactless payments. We may describe Turkish banking sector as strong, innovative, modern and well-regulated. As of January 2017, there are 58.8 million credit cards, 118.3
Bank Innovation
MAY 9, 2017
Startups that promise to change the face of regulation have been in the fintech spotlight lately (see our regtech watchlist here). At the current run rate, 2017 would be the first year “that both deals and dollars decline, and could drop to a […]. But the deal activity seems to have slowed down for the sector.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 7, 2017
. – The “build or buy” scale is leaning increasingly towards “buy” at JPMorgan Chase, as fintechs become less concerned with disrupting traditional banks. That’s the upshot from Adam Carson, the bank’s head of digital partnerships, during a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. “In
Bank Innovation
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
Finovate Fall 2017 continued its second day of demos with financial service companies showing off everything from biometric solutions for traders, to how to program an old gumball machine to accept mobile payments.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Fiserv, a leading banking technology company, has signed on as the headline Diamond sponsor of Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017 is this blog’s annual gathering on ideas and opportunities in fintech.
Chris Skinner
JULY 30, 2017
The article is talking about the wild ride he has had since taking over the helm of the bank which had formerly been run by two CEOs (Juergen … FinTech: $6.5 billion invested in first half of 2017 Innovate Finance has just published their report on the first half of 2017, and the investments made in FinTech.
Bank Innovation
JUNE 7, 2018
PREMIUM — This year Chinese investment in fintech is making a comeback. In the first quarter this year alone, Chinese fintechs collected $1.1 billion in investment, up from around $200 million in 2017, according to data from Fintech Global.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 12, 2017
This is something that has been long debated in the financial world, since the Fintech Golden Age roared in after 2008. Treat Startups Same as Banks Youth and skill, or age and experience? The fact is, a little age and respectability is sometimes a key factor when it comes to consumers and clients choosing a […].
PYMNTS
MAY 1, 2020
The presence and curation of FinTechs is growing … and we are leveraging the technologies offered by FinTech players to enhance customer experience. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) passed its Electronic Financial Transactions Act in 2017, just before the EU’s GDPR went into effect, for example.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 18, 2018
Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. According to the results, banks argue that innovation, not just regulation, is behind the wheel of progress. Cybersecurity.
Payments Dive
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Networld Media Group handed out awards to honor seven innovators in the ATM and mobile technology industries. The awards gala took place on Sept. 19 in conjunction with the Bank Customer Experience Summit.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 24, 2018
American Express is the “most-loved” financial service on social media in 2017, according to a recent report, followed by PayPal, Vanguard and bitcoin. NetBase examined 55 brands across sectors including banking, credit cards, investment banking, payment services, insurance, online lenders and crypto.
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