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.
Perficient
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
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PYMNTS
AUGUST 31, 2020
Dignari Capital has agreed to provide $50 million to Sheng Ye (SY) Capital in a strategic collaboration to explore new supply chain finance options for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a press release. Tung Chi Fung , chairman of SY Capital, said there are already plans in the works.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 8, 2020
As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. Fusion Reveals Payments Platform Banks. The firm said it would work with The Clearing House on a new venture to “foster real-time payments.”.
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.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 4, 2020
Whether through accelerated supplier payment terms or the deployment of less traditional trade service solutions, businesses are finding it beneficial to keep liquidity flowing for themselves and their key partners. An Innovation Opportunity. Lessons Learned From 2008. There are new lessons to be learned, too.
Chris Skinner
JULY 19, 2017
I just attended an EFMA conference where the opening presentation talked about the most innovative banks in the world. See what you think … Capital One Skill for Alexa Capital One’s skill for Alexa provides a new feature called “How much did I spend?” These are the ones I quite liked, so it’s not exhaustive.
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Capital One is determined to turn its digital assistant Eno into an affable, personal finance watchdog to build loyalty between the brand and customers. Three years after Eno’s launch, the bank is adding capabilities that go beyond simple balance inquiries to proactive insights on customers’ spending behaviors.
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Exagens Corp.,
Perficient
MARCH 17, 2025
The financial services sector is experiencing transformative changes driven by technological advancements and innovative trends. Additionally, the emergence of embedded finance and an increased focus on regulatory compliance are compelling financial institutions to continuously adapt and innovate.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 9, 2020
According to Goldman Sachs, the B2B payments space will see volumes topping nearly $200 trillion by 2028, more than five times the volume of B2C payment flows. Technology today can automate a range of workflows surrounding a B2B payment, including invoicing, payment term management and payment processing.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa To Use Card Rails For Digital Currency B2B Payments. Velo Labs, Lightnet, Visa Collab On Blockchain SMB Payments.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
And the use of cash is dwindling amid a shift to digital payments, while Apple will reportedly roll out four new 5G phone models in October. consumer payments that are made with cash. 10M: Amount PadSplit raised in a Series A funding round led by Core Innovation Capital. consumer payments that are made with cash.
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 22, 2018
EXCLUSIVE— The march of mobile banking and payments continues across the U.S., but it may be smarter for those startups looking to break into that market to look at other regions, Eric Wiesen, general partner for Bullpen Capital, told Bank Innovation. “In In the U.S.,
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Two hundred and seventy-four years later, those words are the perfect framework for understanding what will define the next decade of innovation in payments and any ecosystem that touches it. They influenced those choices by changing the consumer’s path to purchase and payment. The Invisible Innovators .
PYMNTS
AUGUST 4, 2020
Japanese eCommerce and payments platform hey announced a Series E investment led by Bain Capital , a press release says. The round was also supported by PayPal Ventures , Goldman Sachs, YJ Capital, Anatole, and existing investor World Innovation Group, according to the release.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Filipino online payments platform PayMongo has come off a funding round with $12 million, according to a press release. Stripe led the round, and existing investors Y Combinator and Global Founders Capital participated, alongside a new investor, Bedrock Capital.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
FinTechs are keeping an eye on emerging technologies at the beginning of the year — and predicting how they will impact business-to-business (B2B) payments in 2020. AvidXchange’s goal is to have 100 percent ePayment adoption with “payments delivered on time, securely and with discrete data.” Blockchain.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Like many venture capital companies in the payments space, Serent Capital has had a busy year. The first was the investment in early December of procure-to-pay healthcare payments company Procurement Partners. 15 with the announcement of the launch of its fourth fund, Serent Capital IV — at $750 million.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 6, 2020
Japan’s history of mobile payments progress is one of the more curious stories in the field. The country was home to one of the world’s first mobile commerce innovations with the DotCoMo mobile wallet all the way back in 2004. Abrahamson said the government is also giving merchants incentives to buy contactless terminals.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 30, 2020
The B2B payments ecosystem experienced a sudden and dramatic acceleration of change upon the onset of the global pandemic, and its impacts reach far beyond the mere digitization of the B2B transaction. How that is achieved is a matter of innovation and experimentation. The Coexistence Of Rails.
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 12, 2019
On the heels of a $200 million debt capital raise confirmed this week, corporate card and financial product startup Brex plans to ramp up its product offerings for e-commerce entrepreneurs. Chief Financial Officer Michael Tannenbaum told Bank Innovation […].
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
corporates, including tech (and beyond Big Tech), Joe Simons , chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), indicated that roadblocks could be set up to stop some of the traditional means of growth and innovation. In a signal of what might be on the horizon for U.S. The act is unlikely to go make much progress in a Republican-led Senate.
Bank Innovation
APRIL 23, 2020
AvidXchange is eyeing additional acquisitions and scalability after scoring an additional $128 million in equity capital on the heels of its $260 million funding round in January, CEO Michael Praeger told Bank Innovation. The company automates invoicing and outgoing payments for the B2B market.
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 4, 2020
based small business finance provider Liberis has teamed up with FIS-owned payments company Worldpay to offer cash advance products to small businesses in the U.S., Through the WorldPay Working Capital Solution, Liberis and Worldpay are able to reach small businesses that may find it difficult to get credit from […].
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 9, 2020
Venture capital funding landed at supplier payment and compliance automation firms this week, among other B2B innovators that raised money. The valuation puts the accounts payable (AP) and mass payments company well into “unicorn” territory, meaning it is valued at over $1 billion.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Oracle is offering a new supply chain finance feature to help banks access more flexible financing options and working capital, a press release says. With Oracle Banking Supply Chain’s fully digitized processing and real-time analytics, banks can help corporates further optimize working capital and liquidity in their supply chains.”.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Park Place Payments , which provides payment processing to companies, and Atlanta-based NOW® Corp unveiled a collaboration that is meant to change how small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) take payments, according to a Wednesday (Nov. 11) announcement.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
We are innovating the underlying infrastructure that financial institutions use to make transactions run even faster end-to-end, and at the same time further reducing costs for the community through industry-shared services in the areas of cyber, fraud and compliance," said Javier Pérez-Tasso , SWIFT’s CEO, in a statement. “We
PYMNTS
MARCH 12, 2020
The company also set up a multi-million-dollar subsidy program to reduce operating costs and capital risks for their merchants, in an effort to help them get back to work safely and efficiently. An Opportunity for Innovation . As the situation evolves, Wang told Webster, the innovative responses are doing the same.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
As much as the pandemic has brought about sweeping lifestyle changes and demand for touchless commerce and payments, Dravenstott said COVID-19 has had surprisingly little impact on its business. And so it's a fairly capital intensive investment for us to make upfront, to manufacture and then install doors at that scale,” he said.
PYMNTS
APRIL 17, 2020
Open banking regulations across Europe kicked open the door for a wave of FinTech competition, with consumer-facing personal finance management (PFM) right in the crosshairs of innovators’ efforts. Connecting Accounting to Payments. But it’s not the only use-case for open banking. Optimizing Business Lending.
Perficient
MAY 26, 2021
In the session “Differentiating Your Brand for the Digital Era,” Scott will discuss how financial services companies can leverage digital technologies in new and innovative ways to create new value for consumers and businesses. Bridgit Chayt, SVP Director Commercial Payments & Treasury Management, Fifth Third Bank.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
In B2B payments, the path to making transactions as seamless and invisible as possible is often about closing the gap that separates buyer and supplier. This combination of facilitating payment and data connectivity was the motivation behind Transcard's launch of automated account-to-account (A2A) transactions.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 14, 2020
To that end, Ken Gavrity , head of enterprise payments at KeyBank , told Karen Webster that companies must re-examine the most basic operations in order to stay afloat and maybe even thrive – or face existential threats as they mull the great digital shift. Tech helps, of course, but innovation alone won’t solve corporates’ problems.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 22, 2020
Danske Bank , the Copenhagen-based retail bank, has partnered with FinTech firm Zenegy to roll out a new method for automating payments made with corporate cards, a report from Crowdfund Insider says. As people stay home to work more often, companies have adopted digital methods of payment.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 14, 2019
When it comes to innovation, banks in 2019 should look to partner first, buy second and lastly build, Jeremy Balkin, head of innovation at HSBC Bank USA said at BI Ignite 2019 in Seattle earlier this week. It makes more sense for banks to make a strategic investment in fintech companies than to try and build […].
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 16, 2018
Indian fintech RazorPay has raised $20 million in a Series B for its payments gateway, the company announced yesterday. A round led by Tiger Global, as well as Silicon Valley’s Y Combinator, the influx of capital brings the startup’s total valuation to more than $100 million, TechCrunch reported yesterday.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 19, 2021
With B2B eCommerce proliferating, the market is rapidly evolving to make way for new business and payment models in response to customer demand. According to Suchit Bachalli , CEO of Unilog , thanks to the market's acceleration as a result of COVID-19, the industry is on the cusp of some major innovation. Tying Payments With Loyalty.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Information technology services provider Mphasis is teaming with global enterprise services provider R3 to work on blockchain-based payment solutions, a press release says. The release says the partnership will aim at helping those types of businesses access digital working capital in ways that can help to close the gap in financing.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
The global payments ecosystem’s path to faster and real-time payments ubiquity is an evolution, not a revolution. Among corporates, there is an increasing demand that their global payment activity is able to keep up with the pace of doing business. Progress in Tackling Cross-Border Payments Friction.
PYMNTS
MAY 27, 2020
Despite some drawbacks, legacy rails have mounds of potential to tackle a multitude of B2B payments friction points. For payments technology players, finding the opportunities to build upon existing infrastructure continues to open up new doors in B2B payments improvements. Mastercard Track Business Payment Services Launch.
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Roady, who has been on MoneyLion’s board of directors since 2016, was previously a founding partner at GAIN Capital and president of its global retail brokerage business. She told Bank Innovation that her […].
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 26, 2020
HSBC has launched its new HSBC Open Payments solution, which will enable companies to install alternatives to debit or credit for customers to pay for things, according to an emailed press release. The HSBC Open Payments application will let businesses connect their checkout pages with the customers' online apps or app-based mobile platform.
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