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Fidelity spun off its data-aggregation business, Akoya, into its own company last week, giving financial institutions another tool to securely share customer data with third-party financial apps. Akoya will be […].
This is the second article in a two-part series on bank-fintech collaborations based on the 2019 State of Banking Innovation Survey, a study conducted by Bank Innovation and INV Fintech.
According to the Morgan Stanley research note today, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said at an event hosted by the investment bank that Honey has data revenue opportunities that were apparently not on PayPal’s radar when it acquired […].
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According to the Morgan Stanley research note today, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said at an event hosted by the investment bank that Honey has data revenue opportunities that were apparently not on PayPal’s radar when it acquired […].
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