PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? The report included several recommendations for banks, FinTechs and other financial services players — guidelines to establish an industry-driven framework for governing the system and encourage further research and investment in emerging financial technologies.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2021

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Banks are instructed to reference relevant guidance from the agencies that is listed in a footnote.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

While some firms are adjusting the assembly lines of their manufacturing warehouses to produce much needed personal protective equipment, FinTechs have found themselves in a different position to provide valuable assistance. Both categories stand to gain from automated financial technologies. Easing The PPP Loan Burden.

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BankInovation

MAY 19, 2023

Emerging financial technology companies have built new services and offerings that place the customer experience front and center, providing a flexibility and speed that traditional banking institutions struggle to match. Fintechs are carving into the essence of what regional and community banks have done for generations, […]

Community Bank 85

Community Bank Regional Community Customer Experience 85

Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

We’re inviting our partners to innovate with us and pioneer new solutions that will benefit the financial services industry at large. Most crucially, we want to democratize access to sophisticated tools in order to foster the creativity of the growing development community. That’s why we often refer to it as the “Innovation Exchange”.

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Financial Technology Technology Analytics Tools 79

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

The rise of FinTech, the increasing globalization of finance — and even ravages of the coronavirus, which is making us all bank and transact across phones — all have pointed to one simple, urgent question: Just what is a bank, anyway? The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Looking For The Continuum. As many as 34.2

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San Francisco Online Fintech Survey 252

Banking Exchange

MAY 26, 2021

Customers Bank, Capital Bank and Community 1st Credit Union among the latest to embrace financial technology Technology Financial Trends Payments Feature3 Fintech Feature Lines of Business Tech Management Mobile Online Cards Blockchain PPP Covid19 Community Banking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

“Today’s technology environment opens the door to a world of opportunity for community bankers.”. Fueled by visions of flying cars and robot maids courtesy of The Jetsons, I was sure technology would dominate the landscape. In fact, today’s technology environment opens the door to a world of opportunity for community bankers.

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Community Bank Community Technology Customer Experience 155

Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. Core: Core-n Mazes and Hayrides FIS acquired embedded finance provider Bond Financial Technologies and announced plans to spin off merchant solutions (to be named Worldpay ). Stripe raised Series I financing.

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BankInovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Financial-technology firm BM Technologies Inc. is turning the typical banking tie-up formula on its head with plans to acquire First Sound Bank, a Seattle-based community business lender. BM Technologies agreed to acquire First Sound for as much as $7.22

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

As the one-time darling of Europe’s financial technology (FinTech) community faces insolvency with the debt of nearly $4 billion, some lenders said there are few buyers willing to pay cents or euros on the debt. Once a $28 billion FinTech leader, Wirecard has reported debt of nearly $4 billion after it revealed that $2.1

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

Although immensely disruptive and, in many cases, devastating to small- to medium-sized businesses ( SMBs ), the pandemic has revealed just how resilient the SMB community really is. Forever Local, de Geer said, began as a way to help consumers with information about what businesses were operating in what capacity in their local communities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Envestnet | Yodlee has already partnered with more than 1,200 financial institutions and FinTech innovators, including most of the top 20 U.S. consumer and community banking business of JPMorgan Chase. JPMorgan Chase signed a similar deal last year with Plaid, a FinTech that connects banks with financial technology applications.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

FinTech AeroPay has launched a new suite of digital payment solutions intended for cannabis businesses, according to a press release. Daniel Muller , CEO and founder of AeroPay, said in the release that he hopes the tech will boost the long-underserved cannabis B2B community.

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Payments Survey Industry US 185

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

FinTech company Greenlight Financial Technology , which makes products to help parents raise financially literate children, said Thursday (Sept. 24) it raised $215 million in Series C venture funding. The investment and its associated valuation put the company's total value in excess of $1.2

Atlanta 140

Atlanta Leadership Financial Technology Capital 140

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

House Committee on Financial Services Task Force on Financial Technology held a hearing Thursday (Sept. Achieving a real-time payments system, and ensuring access to that system for financial institutions of all sizes, is “too important to be entrusted to a private monopoly,” Steen said. payments ecosystem.

Payments 174

Payments Kansas City Community Bank Community 174

Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

When companies sign on to the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator, they are looking to home their products and services to better support community banks. As community bankers visited The Venture Center, they too, presented the cohort with ways in which we might work together. By Colleen Morrison.

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Community Bank Community Maryland US 146

Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Early adopters are earning prestige while investors and a hoard of community banks explore the opportunity to tap into this new source of revenue. Rather than viewing fintechs as competitors to be feared, bankers should look at them as a means to benefit financially from BaaS. Now is the time to create a BaaS strategy.

Community Bank 128

Community Bank Strategy Risk Management Fintech 128

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

The FinTech firm is taking meetings with new strategic and financial partners. This fresh round of investment is a testament to Voyager’s success in providing Filipinos with access to convenient, relevant and inclusive digital financial services through PayMaya,” the five investors said in a joint statement.

Payments 136

Payments Innovation Branding Fintech 136

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

JPMorgan is setting up a financial inclusion lab in India through a partnership with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad’s (IIMA) Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE). According to FinTech Futures , the $9.5

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United States Fintech Community Innovation 100

CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Democratic Congressman Bill Foster, who represents the 11th District of Illinois, has sent a letter to Maxine Waters, Democratic Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, to express his “strong interest in serving as the Chair of the Taskforce on Financial Technology and Innovation that will be convened in the coming weeks.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Financial technology (FinTech) company Numerated , which links financial institutions (FIs) with digital business lending and sales solutions, has announced a partnership with PayNet to integrate risk analytics into its offering. In a press release issued on Tuesday (Jan.

Analytics 144

Analytics Lending Tools Community Bank 144

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

Canadian financial technology provider Central 1 is linking its credit union customers to a new solution designed to streamline accounts receivable for small businesses. ” Credit unions are increasingly collaborating with FinTechs in a bid to enhance their small business services. ”

Payments 148

Payments Tools Online Innovation 148

CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We begin with a discussion of the goals and themes of FTA’s recent summit and AFC’s advocacy regarding retention of the strategic plan option under the Community Reinvestment Act. We then discuss consumer benefits of buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) and regulatory concerns.

Financial Technology 78

Financial Technology Community Fintech Technology 78

CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The Task Force on Financial Technology of the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing entitled “ Banking on Your Data: The Role of Big Data in Financial Services ” on November 21, 2019. Professor of English, Macomb Community College and Digital Pedagogy Lab Advisor. Seny Kamara, PhD.,

Big Data 60

Big Data Financial Technology Data Technology 60

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Investment bank Financial Technology Partners is advising AvidXchange on this fundraising round, according to sources. The firm has 1,300 employees across offices in seven states and is distinguished as a global FinTech unicorn. Nashville community bank Studio Bank was the first FI to adopt the AvidPay solution.

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North Carolina Nashville Charlotte Boston 130

PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Credit unions and regional or community banks have stepped in to fill the banking gap, making barriers to accessing much needed financial services lower than ever before for marijuana businesses. Today, however, the banking challenge has largely been solved. “It’s a bit of an inverted model,” he said.

Innovation 210

Innovation Payments Tools Compliance 210

PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

The financial services and FinTech communities have flocked to blockchain , positioning the technology with high expectations to overhaul the banking and FinServ spaces. ” PwC estimates that investment in financial technologies like blockchain will surpass $150 billion in the next three to five years.

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blockchain Google System Fintech 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

challenger banking market saw a flurry of venture capital (VC) activity this week, as FinTech firms aim to disrupt small business (SMB) financial services (FinServ). Open Financial Technologies. India’s Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6 Chainalysis also plans to open an office in the U.K

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Capital cryptocurrency Operations Financial Technology 122

William Mills

MARCH 8, 2018

Metro Atlanta has established itself as a major hub for the fintech (financial technology) industry. Here are three reasons why the fintech industry is thriving in Atlanta: Incubators and accelerators. Technology sector talent. So how did we get here in such a short amount of time? The whole ecosystem is local.

Atlanta 42

Atlanta Fintech Georgia Metro 42

Celent Banking

APRIL 28, 2017

I like analogies because they can inject simplicity into the most complex discussions of financial technology, and make abstract concepts become more concrete and accessible to the casual fan of technology. As sharp-eyed Celent retail banking subscribers know, I'm an avid collector of good analogies.

Innovation 150

Innovation Detroit Community Bank Strategy 150

CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The CFPB has published notices in the Federal Register announcing that its Consumer Advisory Board , Credit Union Advisory Council , and Community Bank Advisory Council will hold meetings in Washington, D.C. on March 14, 2019.

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Meeting Groups Washington Community Bank 68

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

driven by economic strength, government policy and continued efforts among the financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ) communities to introduce new tools for entrepreneurs — to make running their businesses easier, more efficient and more profitable.

America 125

America social media National Policies 125

CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2016

In his April 2016 appearance before the Senate Banking Committee, Director Cordray made clear that FinTech companies are on the CFPB’s radar screen. Topics will include risk management and strategic planning, financial inclusion, consumer protection, supervisory expectations, and regulatory concerns. .”

Innovation 68

Innovation Washington Risk Management Fintech 68

American Banker

APRIL 26, 2016

Financial technology companies should be examined for safety and soundness just like banks and credit unions, top executives from the Independent Community Bankers of America said Tuesday.

Community 28

Community Community Bank Company Groups 28

William Mills

AUGUST 23, 2016

William Mills Agency, the nation’s largest independent public relations and content marketing firm to the financial industry, has been named agency of record for FinTech Forward 2016, a program offered by American Banker and BAI Beacon. We are proud to be associated with this effort.”.

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Fintech social media Chicago Industry 40