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Google, Facebook, Amazon and Co are NOT offering banking, so stop saying they are

Chris Skinner

In the last month, there’s been a wave of announcements from Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon about banking.

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Citi Partners With Mastercard For Google Pay Plex Accounts

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Citi and Mastercard are teaming up as network partners for the digital checking and savings account Citi Plex on Google Pay, available for both Android and iOS. . Alpesh Chokshi, head of business development, Citi Global Consumer Bank, said in a statement on Wednesday (Nov.

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The Race To The Cloud: Will Digital Banks Win?

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More banks are therefore moving away from legacy core systems to embrace cloud-native architectures to power automation and meet the speed expected by consumers, securely. British FI Lloyds Bank is moving forward on its digital journey with the help of a few partners. The bank has designated $3.7

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Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes?

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But as a recent Google announcement demonstrated, FIs are engaging with technology players in new ways as together, they seek to create ecosystems that offer new value to consumers. They are described by Google as “smart,” since they will provide account holders with money management tips to optimize and manage the funds in those accounts.

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The Three Things Every Digital-Card App Needs

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The wave of digitization that has picked up incredible speed in banking over the past half year isn’t strictly a new trend, Randy Piatt , head of product solutions for Ondot Systems , told PYMNTS. But then COVID-19 came along and sent the digitization of financial services into overdrive nearly overnight.

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BBVA To Close Simple, Move Customers Over To BBVA USA

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Being FDIC insured won't have any impact on deposits and Simple's app, cards and website will continue to work, the Talk Android report says. PYMNTS writes that the Google and BBVA partnership could lead to more "super app" combinations in the ecosystem, as Big Tech joins forces more often with banks to meet customer needs.

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Nigerian FinTech Kuda Raises $1.6M For Digital Banking Tech

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In the coming months, Kuda will add savings and P2P payments along with the no-fee checking accounts and debit cards it offers now. You can open a bank account within five minutes, do all the KYC in the app, and you get issued a new bank account number,” Ogundeyi said.