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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Guide to Genuine Innovation When Everyone Is ‘Innovating’
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
This bank created an innovation lab, and that bank is launching a fintech team. But this other bank just started a blockchain focus group, and everyone else is investing in tech. Gone are the days when banks could afford to be “conservative” with new product launches and tech projects, which Read More.
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US Lawmakers Explore How Blockchain Can Help SMBs
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
To explore the positive impacts of blockchain on small businesses, the U.S. Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez said, according to the report, “it is vital that Congress keep pace with the evolving needs of our country’s innovative small businesses.”
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What’s the State of Banking Innovation in 2017?
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? Talk has shifted from last year’s discussions on blockchain and chatbots to artificial intelligence and cloud-based cores.
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6 Digital Payment Trends Set to Transform 2025
Perficient
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
Payments Trend #1: AI-Driven Payment Innovations The landscape of payments and financial services in 2025 will be marked by groundbreaking innovations and user-centric designs powered by Generative AI (GenAI). Recommended Approach : To navigate these changes, businesses must balance innovation with compliance.
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Credit Suisse and ING Complete $30 Million Securities Transaction on Blockchain Platform
Bank Innovation
MARCH 1, 2018
million) securities lending transaction using blockchain-based software created by blockchain consortium R3. Credit Suisse Group and Dutch bank ING Groep NV today announced they successfully completed a €25 million ($30.48
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JPMorgan Chase and National Bank of Canada Complete Blockchain Test
Bank Innovation
APRIL 20, 2018
and the National Bank of Canada (NBC) announced today that they tested a debt insurance simulation on a new blockchain platform. JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Digital Check Solution Checkbook.io Makes Headway in Auto Finance
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 13, 2018
David Brydun, vice president of consumer lending, exclusively told Bank Innovation that the financial institution has partnered with Checkbook.io on a digital check issuance solution that utilizes blockchain. “A A lot of what goes on in digital lending is […]. Baxter Credit Union, based in N.J.,
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JPMorgan Provides $100 Million Financing Facility To Figure For Mortgage Lending
PYMNTS
JANUARY 17, 2021
Figure Technologies , which works in blockchain-based finance tech transformations, has worked with J.P. With the facility, Figure will work on fueling mortgage lending growth, which shot up nearly 50 percent month over month in the fourth quarter. billion, in partnership with numerous banks and facilities, including Jefferies.
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Microsoft’s Blockchain Guru Marley Gray Joins Speaker Faculty
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty. Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv.
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Fintech CEOs bullish on blockchain tech, give thumbs down on applications
Bank Innovation
JUNE 14, 2019
Fintech executives sounded off on blockchain at CB Insights’ Future of Fintech conference this week. According to Henrique Dubugras, CEO and co-founder of Brex, blockchain is overhyped but cryptocurrencies are underrated. The corporate credit card startup is fresh off a $100 million funding round that has landed it a $2.6
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What Will Happen to Fintech in 2018? More Blockchain, More Loans, More Fraud, Mitek Says
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 11, 2017
EXCLUSIVE- Blockchain technology and digital loans will continue to grow in 2018 as banks continue to work on their cybersecurity in the coming year, software provider Mitek predicts. It’s just logical that given the extent of recent data breaches, that we’re going to see more of the same.
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314 Nova Credit, Which Helps Immigrant Borrowers, Wins LendIt’s PitchIt Competition
Bank Innovation
MARCH 9, 2017
Nova competed alongside seven other startups tackling the underbanked in Africa, overdrafts, commercial real estate lending, finance for freelancers, compliance, and blockchain-based lending. Nova Credit took top honors at the PitchIt 2017 competition on Tuesday, a global fintech faceoff sponsored by LendIt and 500 Startups.
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Here Is How to Build (And Maintain) Your Innovation Team
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Innovation groups are a relatively recent, but an increasingly important, addition to traditional bank structures. Whatever the approach is, Read More.
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The SWIFT hacks may accelerate the transition to Blockchain based cross border payments
Bank Innovation
MAY 19, 2016
First we had Lending Marketplace Meltdown Week.
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MOBI Releases Second Installment Of Blockchain Standard For Vehicle Identity
PYMNTS
JANUARY 20, 2021
The Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative ( MOBI )'s Vehicle Identity (VID) II Working Group unveiled the second part of a vehicle identity standard that uses blockchain technology, according to an announcement. Maintenance traceability and vehicle registration are two focuses for the working group. "A In 2019, J.P.
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203 Lenders Should Use Blockchain for Identity Authentication, Experts Say
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
EXCLUSIVE — When it comes to blockchain, lenders need to stop thinking about smart contracts and start thinking about identity, according to industry experts. “To To get an identity verified, to get an organization to service you, it can be a lot smoother, it can be more secure, and you can be more in control of […].
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How Opening Bank Data Can Transform SMB Lending
PYMNTS
MARCH 20, 2020
FinTechs continue to push the envelope to see how far open banking frameworks can go in improving the SMB banking experience, and increasingly, SMB lending is shifting to the center of these collaborative efforts. In the U.K., “Regulation around open banking has certainly been of great benefit to businesses in the U.K.,
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233 Blockchain in Auto Finance Coming Up Next
Bank Innovation
JULY 5, 2016
The R3 CEV blockchain consortium has a new member that’s not like the others. Last week, Toyota Financial Services announced it has joined R3’s consortium to explore distributed and shared ledger tech for potential applications in auto financing. TFS is the first captive to collaborate with the more than 50 of Read More.
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BBVA Completes Corporate Loan Deal Via Blockchain
Bank Innovation
APRIL 26, 2018
BBVA bank announced today that it has closed a $90 million corporate loan deal with their technology partner, Indra, via blockchain technology. BBVA used its own internal blockchain system, which is built on the IBM-backed […].
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7 Fintech Startups at TechDay NYC
Bank Innovation
APRIL 19, 2017
Blockchain, robos, lending, investment and more — checkout the roundup of the fintech startups from TechDay NYC below. Qplum The startup, launched […].
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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending
PYMNTS
JANUARY 7, 2019
Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions.
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Wrap of Week #24: Robo-advisors, Blockchain; Insurtech and Small Business; in-store mobile payments; Marketplace lending
Bank Innovation
JUNE 19, 2016
An in… Read more Wrap of Week #24: Robo-advisors, Blockchain; Insurtech and Small Business; in-store mobile payments; Marketplace lending. Sizing the UK robo-advisory market, which seems on the way to triple its size.
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CULedger, IBM To Bring Blockchain-Based Services To Credit Unions
PYMNTS
MARCH 11, 2019
CULedger , a credit union, has inked a partnership with IBM to create blockchain services geared toward credit unions. According to a report in Fintech Futures , the idea behind the project is to use permission-based blockchain technology so credit unions can reach more members that don’t have access to financial services.
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Cred Opens Crypto Corporate Lending Platform To Developers
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Cryptocurrency-backed lending platform Cred is opening up its technology to third-party developers, the company has announced. The Crypto-Lending-as-a-Service (CLaaS) solution enables other crypto companies — including exchanges, crypto wallets or mining services — to integrate Cred’s lending functionality into their own solutions.
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139 ICOs Are Already Revolutionizing Fintech, Moeda CEO Says
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.
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Hive Project Taps Into Cryptocurrency For Invoice Finance
PYMNTS
JULY 5, 2017
The Hive Project, a company that uses cryptocurrency and Ethereum blockchain for trade financing , has launched its platform. Every invoice is assigned a unique fingerprint, the firm said, by tokenizing each bill and linking them onto the blockchain. The sale will last six weeks, it said.
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R3, Finastra Show Distributed Ledger Use Case with Syndicated Lending Platform
Bank Innovation
OCTOBER 24, 2017
EXCLUSIVE— If financial institutions are going to begin fully utilizing blockchain or distributed ledger technology, they’re going to have to pay much more attention to the use case at hand rather than the underlying technology, R3 said.
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Advancing Innovation in the Global Financial Services Industry
Insights on Business
OCTOBER 3, 2018
IBM RegTech Innovations. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and cybersecurity are poised to transform the financial services industries. New hybrid cloud platforms will offer unprecedented scalability, agility, and security, optimized for enterprise AI and blockchain. Advancing financial services.
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6 Digital Banking Trends for 2025
Perficient
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
This will require being more inquisitive and innovative compared to previous years, as the adoption of AI and cloud technologies continues to expand. By embedding payment, lending, and insurance services into apps and websites, non-financial companies are able to offer financial products directly to their customers.
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SME Lender BlueVine Partners with Blockchain-Based Payments Provider Veem
Bank Innovation
MARCH 9, 2018
EXCLUSIVE – SME lender, BlueVine has come together with cross-border payments provider Veem in a move that is indicative of a likely trend where payments and lending companies come together. For Veem, the partnership will let the blockchain-based payments company allow its U.S.-
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JPMorgan Chase’s Adam Carson to Do Fireside Chat at Bank Innovation 2017
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017, March 6-7 in San Jose, Calif., will feature dozens of speakers on investing in innovation, chatbots, blockchain and more. Adam Carson, managing director, global technology strategy & partnerships at JPMorgan Chase & Co.,
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Mastercard’s Head Of Innovation: How The Microsoft Partnership Will Boost Digital Commerce Globally
PYMNTS
JULY 29, 2020
One of the defining characteristics of the past decade or so has been that what’s an industry-disrupting innovation one day is old news within six months. Microsoft is collaborating with @Mastercard to accelerate innovation across digital commerce and startup ecosystems. Building Blockchain And The Identity Of Things .
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Today In Payments: Scammers Target Used Car Buyers; California Voters Uphold Gig Worker Status
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
NEW DATA: Five Payments Innovations For Winning The Digital-First Shopper. Tens of millions of Americans are now going online to buy everything from groceries to retail products, but a cookie-cutter approach to digital innovation won’t ring the register. Onyx CEO On Blockchain, The JPM Coin And Simplifying Payments.
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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion. While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments.
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The FinTech Wave, Part One
Chris Skinner
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Then FinTech has also gained subcategories like Lending, Analytics, Digital Identity, Cybersecurity, SME Finance, Financial Inclusion, Payments, Roboadvice, Blockchain Distributed Ledgers, Neobanking and more.
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OweMe Lands Seed Funding For Blockchain Trade Finance Platform
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 12, 2018
Investors provided $1 million for OweMe, which developed a platform using blockchain to link bank lenders and corporate buyers for access to trade finance. In October, for example, HSBC and Standard Chartered launched their own blockchain-powered trade finance solution, eTrade Connect.
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145 Credit Suisse-Led Group to Launch Blockchain-based Commerical Platform
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 22, 2017
Credit Suisse has joined forces with 19 other banks to launch a commercial platform for blockchain-based syndicated loans next year, according to reports.
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170 Access to Credit Widens with Help from AI, Blockchain, and Mobile Data
Bank Innovation
MAY 25, 2018
From machine-learning-based underwriting to blockchain-based identity solutions, new technology is transforming the business of borrowing money. New companies in the credit-scoring space are using AI and […].
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199 Notable Startup: Blockchain Firm Symbiont Raises $20 Million in Nasdaq Ventures-led Round
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 28, 2019
Coming off a year of high growth, enterprise blockchain startup Symbiont on Wednesday closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by Nasdaq Ventures, with participation from new investors including Galaxy Digital, Citi Ventures, and Raptor Group.
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U.S. Bank’s Dominic Venturo to speak at Bank Innovation Build 2019
Bank Innovation
JUNE 3, 2019
Dominic Venturo, executive vice president and chief innovation officer at U.S. Bank, will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation Build 2019, this blog’s event on best practices in banking innovation. Bank Innovation Build will take place November 6-7 at Atlanta’s W Hotel Downtown. Register here.)
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4 Blockchain Startups Leading Toyota’s Mobility Efforts
Bank Innovation
MAY 24, 2017
Many (if not all) major lenders and OEMs are exploring blockchain applications in the auto and auto finance industries. Toyota Research Institute announced a partnership with four blockchain startups during the Consensus 2017 conference, following the launch of a blockchain consortium the OEM announced yesterday. Bookmark.
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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock Invests In Blockchain Banking Co; Ripple Gets Into Blockchain Gaming
PYMNTS
MARCH 13, 2019
The product utilizes blockchain analytics and forensics to search for “suspicious” addresses and wallets, as well as profile crypto exchanges, ATMs, coin mixers, money laundering systems and criminal addresses to determine the risk level. In other news, Overstock ‘s blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures , has acquired a 5.1
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How Square Learned to Stop Worrying About Bitcoin and Love the Blockchain
Bank Innovation
MAY 3, 2018
But working with the cryptocurrency taught the payments company quite a bit about blockchain technology, and how it ends up employing that knowledge may be the true payoff […]. Square made a splash when it announced it would sell bitcoin in its Cash app, but failed to make much money doing so, it was revealed yesterday.
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