Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

That realisation is a simple but important one, and it is this: dealing with technology is very different to dealing with money; furthermore, dealing with money through technology is very different to dealing with technology through … The post Are you in banking or technology?

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—With mobile banking services offered at the majority of financial institutions, innovating the digital space is becoming more important in the fintech ecosystem, especially for smaller players like regional banks or credit unions.

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Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Many banks say it these days, and they say it to be cool. To be like a young, FinTech unicorn. However, there is a massive difference between … The post We’re just a technology company that happens to have a banking licence appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. To be like a start-up.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

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. Developments Around The Cloud Banking World. British FI Lloyds Bank is moving forward on its digital journey with the help of a few partners.

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Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

I recently blogged about JP Morgan Chase spending $10 billion a year on technology of which $3 billion goes into new projects. There were then several other announcements that caught my attention about Citibank and Bank of America investing similar amounts in digital. OK, here’s $3 billion!

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Chris Skinner

JULY 21, 2017

They want to get to the nirvana of new technologies, but are stuck in a spaghetti of old systems. What we are seeing is many new companies launching capabilities built upon the latest internet-enabled technologies. It is almost like banking in an apps store.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

As bank-FinTech collaborations evolve, more traditional financial institutions (FIs) are not only implementing services and technologies developed by FinTech partners, but they’re also lending their own expertise to augment FinTech solutions. Bottomline Rolls Out Open Banking Service.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

The bank-FinTech collaboration model is often about wielding digital-native FinTech solutions to fit within bank offerings. Kabbage Steps Into Banking. Our answer to the question ‘FinTech or bank’ is: ‘FinTech AND bank.'”

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Accenture: Banking

JUNE 24, 2020

Evidence from our banking market research—and echoed by the current pandemic environment—suggests that we have indeed moved into a period of volatility and industry change, and that digital maturity is at least one of the factors that will separate future winners from losers. The question….

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Chris Skinner

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I’m often asked how I got into FinTech. It’s an interesting question as I’ve been involved in Finance and Technology all of my life. Back in the day, it wasn’t called FinTech. It was just boring old tech in banking. Interestingly, for almost a quarter century, tech … The post Are banks serious about fintech?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

One study recently determined that the number of digital banking users is expected to exceed 3.6 billion by 2024, and a separate study suggested that many customers were willing to use FinTechs as well as their primary banks to receive the level of technological support they desired.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Interested in the latest trends in payments, digital banking, blockchain technology, API, security, big data and all the other hot topics in the fintech space? Come join Bank Innovation’s Telegram Group.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 11, 2017

After the global financial crisis, they all jumped off it again, and most global, universal banks ambitions are now clipped back to purely being able to support their global corporate clients’ needs. But I was equally struck by a banker who laughs at the idea of a global currency that circumvents banks. They are also succeeding.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

With its losses mounting, the London-based digital bank may need to tap into its corporate reserves to keep up with its expansion plans. Revolut , one of the biggest players in the crowded financial technology (FinTech) sector, has yet to make a profit. The FinTech has since expanded to offer business banking.

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Chris Skinner

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Some countries are still reliant on cash whilst others are … The post Is the world being democratised through technology? But I’m not sure my travel blog would be read so much. However, it does make me reflect on travel and money. appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2017

Community banks can also play the fintech game. BankMobile — the digital bank, formerly a division of Customers Bancorp Inc. — was acquired by Flagship, a Florida-based community bank, for $175 million. “We We are no longer a partner or a division of […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. People’s United Bank Links With FIS, MineralTree.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Bank-FinTech collaboration continues to thrive as more financial service providers place small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) front-and-center of product development. Biz2Credit's technology can also enhance underwriting to mitigate risk even further for the financial institution (FI), it said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

Where once the marquee names in tech (and no shortage of FinTechs) jockeyed for primary banking services relationships, an increasing number of partnerships are now taking shape. To that end, BBVA was one of six banks that said on Monday (Aug.

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Chris Skinner

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

The … The post Throwing technology over the wall appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. I was listening to someone talking about monolith versus microservices structures recently, and they likened it to an old car versus a new one.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 21, 2018

PREMIUM – Every year Bank Innovation assembles a list of 44 innovators that caught our attention in digital banking and fintech. These are the people Bank Innovation believes to be this year’s movers and shakers in the industry, paving the way with forward-thinking technologies and ideas.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 12, 2018

EXCLUSIVE – Swedish PFM firm Tink landed a major partnership with Belgium’s BNP Paribas Fortis, nearly doubling the fintech’s userbase. BNP Paribas Fortis will integrate Tink’s Aggregation, Personal Finance Management (PFM) and Payment Initiation technology into its mobile banking applications.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 5, 2019

I’ve talked a little about TechFin in the past but, in my presentations, I talk more and more about TechFin versus FinTech. FinTech is doing what we’ve always done, cheaper and faster and better with technology. TechFin is reimagining everything with no idea of what’s been before with technology.

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 9, 2017

I could go on, but there are very strong reasons for reimagining the bank through a digital transformation project right now, one of which is that the 1000s of start-ups who are focused on doing just one thing really well through an API are companies they could partner with.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Small business Banking-as-a-Service rises to the top in this week's roundup of the latest bank-FinTech collaborations and open banking initiatives. Two SMB BaaS companies secured new funding, while FinTech Wise says it is ushering in a new definition of open banking with its embedded banking functionality.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And with a nod toward what might be in the crosshairs, Dimon said that acquisitions would be somewhere within financial services and technology, and decidedly not in traditional banking (read: checking and deposits). Melding financial services and technology yields, of course, FinTech.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 30, 2016

I was piqued by Victor Matarranz’s [SEVP Head of Group Strategy and Chairman’s Office, Banco Santander] presentation at MoneyConf last week, mainly because he began by talking about Fintech 1.0 versus Fintech 2.0. Fintech 1.0

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

Customers load their original payment cards’ details onto Curve’s mobile app and can select which to use when making physical or digital transactions. Each has added new technologies or solutions to its services lineup over the past several years. Digital Transformations in a Digital Age. Neat is one such FinTech.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

Yet demand for contactless payments and digital, automated financial solutions means FinTech funding may not take as hard of a hit as other startup segments. however, funding for FinTechs actually increased to $3.7 B2B FinTech investments appear to be relatively strong, too. As an FDIC insured bank in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Since then, the financial technology (FinTech) company has expanded its portfolio to also offer business banking. Revolut is an app-based consumer bank account that allows customers to send and receive money and use built-in budgeting tools. It boasts more than 12 million customers.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 28, 2019

I used to blog about blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) almost once a week … four years ago. I guess it just shows what’s top of mind and what’s not at any time in FinTech and, right now, blockchain is not … The post Blockchain is dead appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

British bank Lloyds has put aside £3 billion ($4.1 billion) for digital development and growth, the bank announced today. The investment will be spread out over three years, allowing the bank to expand its technologies in order to compete with the increasing number of fintechs and digital banking providers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

4) chose four firms to receive digital banking licenses, including “digital full bank” licenses for Singapore-based Sea Ltd. and a consortium of Southeast Asia’s Grab Holdings and technology group Singtel. to receive “digital wholesale bank” licenses. to receive “digital wholesale bank” licenses.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Financial crime is a pervasive threat to banks, credit unions, FinTechs and other financial institutions (FIs) the world over. Technologies like video onboarding and AI have shown promise in facing this threat, but each is vulnerable when deployed alone. billion in 2019. About The Playbook.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

But for the commercial spending technology world, these forecasts aren't exactly rosy. This earnings season, the downturn has become apparent as several corporate payments technology players post losses. Virtual Cards And Mobile Technology. Boosting The Banking Experience. While losses climbed from $5.7

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

FinTechs are helping banks focus on the customer experience through accounts payable (AP) automation. told PYMNTS in an interview that banks foundationally value “the relationship they have with the customer” and “they understand the customer.” The core competency of banks is to loan money and move money forward to customers.

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